فَذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ ٱلْحَقِّ إِلَّا ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ 32
Translations
For that is Allāh, your Lord, the Truth. And what can be beyond truth except error? So how are you averted?
Transliteration
Fa-dhalikumu-llahu rabbukumu-l-haqqu fa-matha ba'da-l-haqqi illa-d-dalalu fa-anna tusrafun
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah affirms that Allah alone is the true Lord and Master, and poses a rhetorical question: what can exist after truth except falsehood? The verse emphasizes that once the truth of Allah's oneness and lordship is established, turning away from it is pure misguidance. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir note this serves as a powerful logical argument—if Allah is the undeniable truth, there is no valid alternative path, making the act of turning away from His guidance incomprehensible and unjustifiable.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in the Meccan surah Yunus, which addresses the Quraysh's polytheistic practices and their rejection of the Prophet Muhammad's message. The verse comes within a passage refuting idolatry and emphasizing tawhid (monotheism), responding to the Meccans' arguments for worshipping idols alongside Allah.
Related Hadiths
Related to the theme of guidance and misguidance: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'The most truthful speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad' (Jami' at-Tirmidhi). Also relevant is the hadith about the two paths in Surah ash-Shams (91:8-10), emphasizing that after truth comes only falsehood.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah invites profound reflection: when we recognize Allah as the ultimate truth, deviating from His guidance becomes logically indefensible and spiritually destructive. For modern believers, it reinforces that Islam is not one option among many, but the objective truth—and our responsibility is to align ourselves with it rather than be 'turned away' by worldly distractions or cultural pressures.
Related Ayahs
قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا
[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.
وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا
And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.
۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.