Ghafir Verse 16 | 40:16

يَوْمَ هُمْ بَارِزُوْنَ ۚ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ ۗلِمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ۗ لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ ( غافر: ١٦ )

yawma

يَوْمَ

(The) Day

hum

هُم

they

bārizūna

بَٰرِزُونَۖ

come forth

lā

لَا

not

yakhfā

يَخْفَىٰ

is hidden

ʿalā

عَلَى

from

l-lahi

ٱللَّهِ

Allah

min'hum

مِنْهُمْ

about them

shayon

شَىْءٌۚ

anything

limani

لِّمَنِ

For whom

l-mul'ku

ٱلْمُلْكُ

(is) the Dominion

l-yawma

ٱلْيَوْمَۖ

this Day?

lillahi

لِلَّهِ

For Allah

l-wāḥidi

ٱلْوَٰحِدِ

the One

l-qahāri

ٱلْقَهَّارِ

the Irresistible

Yawma hum baarizoona laa yakhfaa 'alal laahi minhum shai; limanil mulkul Yawma lillaahil Waahidil Qahaar (Ghāfir 40:16)

Sahih International:

The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allah. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing. (Ghafir [40] : 16)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

the day they will come in open view. Nothing about them will remain hidden from Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom today? To Allah alone, the One, the All-Dominant.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

the Day all will appear ˹before Allah˺. Nothing about them will be hidden from Him. ˹He will ask,˺ “Who does all authority belong to this Day? To Allah—the One, the Supreme![[ It is reported in a ḥadîth collected by Imâm Muslim that everyone and everything that has ever existed will die on that Day, except for Allah—the Eternal. He will then ask, “Who does all authority belong to this Day? Where are the kings of the world? I am the King.” Since no one will be there to answer, Allah will answer Himself, “˹All authority belongs˺ to Allah—the One, the Supreme!”]]

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

يَوْمَ هُم بَارِزُونَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ

The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah.

means, they will all appear in the open, with nothing to give them shelter or shade, or cover them. Allah says;
يَوْمَ هُم بَارِزُونَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ
(The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah).

meaning, everything will be equally known to Him.

لِّمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Whose is the kingdom this Day It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible!

We have already mentioned the Hadith of Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that Allah will roll up the heavens and the earth in His Hand and will say,

أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَنَا الْمُتَكَبِّرُ أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الاَْرْضِ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ

"I am the King, I am the Compeller, I am the Proud, where are the kings of the earth? Where are the tyrants? Where are the proud?"

In the Hadith about the Trumpet, it says that Allah will take the souls of all of His creatures, and there will be none left but Him Alone, with no partner or associate. Then He will say,

"Whose is the kingdom today" three times,

and He will answer Himself by saying,
لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّار
(It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible!)

meaning, He is the Only One Who has subjugated all things.

الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَا ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ