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Surah 39. Az-Zumar, Ayah 45

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وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
Wai tha th ukira All a hu wa h dahu ishmaazzat quloobu alla th eena l a yuminoona bi a l a khirati wai tha th ukira alla th eena min doonihi i tha hum yastabshiroon a
And yet, whenever God alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who will not believe in the life to come contract with bitter aversion-whereas, when those [imaginary powers] are mentioned side by side with Him, lo, they rejoice!49
  - Mohammad Asad

Since a cognition of God must have a sense of moral responsibility as its correlate, the godless shrink from it, and joyfully turn to the "worship" - real or metaphoric - of imaginary powers which make no such moral demand.

When Allah's Oneness is mentioned, the hearts of those who deny the hereafter shrink with aversion; but when other gods are mentioned, they are filled with joy.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Yet when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are filled with disgust. But as soon as those 'gods' other than Him are mentioned, they are filled with joy.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are repelled, and when those (whom they worship) beside Him are mentioned, behold! they are glad.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
When Allah the One and Only is mentioned the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but when (gods) other than He are mentioned behold they are filled with joy! 4313
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

To evil ones, the mention of the exclusive service of Good is hateful: they only rejoice when other motives are added, e.g., personal indulgence, ancestral custom, and numerous things in life which compete with Allah's Law in this world.

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