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ذٰلِكُمْ بِاَنَّهٗٓ اِذَا دُعِيَ اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهٗ كَفَرْتُمْۚ وَاِنْ يُّشْرَكْ بِهٖ تُؤْمِنُوْا ۗفَالْحُكْمُ لِلّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَبِيْرِ  ( غافر: ١٢ )

dhālikum
ذَٰلِكُم
"That
bi-annahu
بِأَنَّهُۥٓ
(is) because
idhā
إِذَا
when
duʿiya
دُعِىَ
Allah was invoked
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah was invoked
waḥdahu
وَحْدَهُۥ
Alone
kafartum
كَفَرْتُمْۖ
you disbelieved
wa-in
وَإِن
but if
yush'rak
يُشْرَكْ
(others) were associated
bihi
بِهِۦ
with Him
tu'minū
تُؤْمِنُوا۟ۚ
you believed
fal-ḥuk'mu
فَٱلْحُكْمُ
So the judgment
lillahi
لِلَّهِ
(is) with Allah
l-ʿaliyi
ٱلْعَلِىِّ
the Most High
l-kabīri
ٱلْكَبِيرِ
the Most Great"

Zaalikum bi annahooo izaa du'iyal laahu wahdahoo kafartum wa iny yushrak bihee tu'minoo; falhukmu lillaahil 'Aliyyil Kabeer (Ghāfir 40:12)

Sahih International:

[They will be told], "That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allah, the Most High, the Grand." (Ghafir [40] : 12)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

(The reply will be, “No.) This is because whenever Allah alone was invoked, you used to disbelieve, and if partners were associated with Him, you used to believe. Now the decision lies with Allah, the High, the Great.”