Surah Ghafir 40:20 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 20 / 85 · Page 469

ۖ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَقْضِي بِالْحَقِّ وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَيْءٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۗ
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَقْضِي
yaqdi
judges
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
while those (whom)
يَدْعُونَ
yad'una
they invoke
مِن
min
besides Him
دُونِهِ
dunihi
besides Him
لَا
la
not
يَقْضُونَ
yaqduna
they judge
بِشَيْءٍ
bishayin
with anything
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
السَّمِيعُ
al-sami'u
(is) the All-Hearer
الْبَصِيرُ
al-basiru
the All-Seer

Transliteration

Wallaahu yaqdee bilhaqq, wallazeena yad'oona min doonihee laa yaqdoona bishai'; innal laaha Huwas Samee'ul Baseer

Translation

And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah judges with justice, so He does not wrong anyone by decreasing His good actions or increasing His bad actions. And those whom the idolaters worship besides Allah cannot judge with anything, because they do not possess anything. Allah is Hearing of the sayings of His servants, Seeing their intentions and actions, and He shall reward them for that.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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