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Surah An-Nahl · سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ · Juz 14

Q 16:22

إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Translations

Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.
Sahih International · EN
Votre Dieu est un Dieu unique. Ceux qui ne croient pas en l'au-delà leurs cœurs nient (l'unicité d'Allah) et ils sont remplis d'orgueil.
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

The only being that truly deserves to be worshipped is only one being who has no partner and that is Allah. Those who deny the resurrection and the recompense, their hearts are arrogant and they do not fear the reckoning. They therefore do not believe that there will be any reckoning or retribution. They are arrogant and refuse to accept the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
Your god is one God. But for those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial, and they are proud (22)Certainly, Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Truly, He does not like the proud (23) None is to be worshipped except Allah Allah tells us that there is none to be worshipped besides Him, the One, the Unique, the Lone, the Self-Sufficient. He tells us that the hearts of the disbelievers deny that and are astonished by that: أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ ("Has he made the gods (all) into One God?! Verily, this is a curious thing!")(38:5). وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ (And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter are filled with disgust, and when those besides Him are mentioned, behold, they rejoice!)(39:45). وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ (and they are proud) meaning they are too proud to worship Allah, and their hearts reject the idea of singling Him out, as Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ (Verily! Those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!)[40:60] So here, Allah says; لَا جَرَمَ (Certainly), meaning truly, أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ (Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal.) meaning He will requite them for that in full. إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ (Truly, He does not like the proud.)

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net