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 الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ 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 لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ 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 عِبَادَتِى
سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ]
(Verily! Those who
scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!) [40:60] So here,
Allah says;
[لاَ 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 لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ]
(Truly, He does not
like the proud.)
[وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ أَسَـطِيرُ
الاٌّوَّلِينَ - لِيَحْمِلُواْ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ
وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ أَلاَ سَآءَ مَا
يَزِرُونَ ]
(24. And when it is
said to them: "What is it that your Lord has revealed'' They say:
"Tales of the men of old!'') (25. They will bear their own burdens in full
on the Day of Resurrection, and also the burdens of those whom they misled
without knowledge. Evil indeed is that which they shall bear!)