Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ghafir, Ayah 12
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Allah will say to them: (This) i.e. the torment in the Fire and abhorrence (is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked) because when it was said to you: say, there is no deity except Allah, (you disbelieved) you denied, (but when some partner) some idols (was ascribed to Him ye were believing) you acknowledge the idols as Allah's partners. (But the command belongeth only to Allah) judgement between the servants belong only to Allah; He has decreed that the Fire will be the lot of those who disbelieve in Him, (the Sublime) He is more exalted than all things, (the Majestic) He is greater than all things.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
That namely the chastisement which you find yourselves in is because during the life of this world when God was invoked alone you would disbelieve in His Oneness; but if partners were ascribed to Him you would believe you would accept such idolatry. So the judgement to chastise you belongs to God the Exalted above His creation the Great the Tremendous.