Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:84

40:84

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ

falammā ra-aw basanā qālū āmannā bil-lahi waḥdahu wakafarnā bimā kunnā bihi mush'rikīna

And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allāh alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."

— Saheeh International

when they saw Our punishment, they said, ‘We believe in God alone; we reject any partner we ascribed to Him,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when they saw Our punishment, they said: "We believe in Allâh Alone and reject (all) that we used to associate with Him as (His) partners.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey saw
بَأْسَنَاbasanāOur punishment
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuAlone
وَكَفَرْنَاwakafarnāand we disbelieve
بِمَاbimāin what
كُنَّاkunnāwe used to
بِهِۦbihiwith Him
مُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnaassociate