سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:166
The Cow · Verse 166 of 286
إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبَابُ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(At that time) when those who were followed (- the leaders) shall disown and sever themselves from their followers and they shall see the punishment (with their own eyes) and all their ties and means shall be cut asunder.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them): They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.
Ali Unal
At that time those who were followed (in the world as elders, heads, or leaders and loved as only God is to be loved) disown those who followed them and declare themselves innocent of their evil deeds, and they see the punishment, and the relations between them are cut off.
11 more translations
Daryabadi
When those who were followed shall quit themselves of those who followed, and they all shall behold the torment, and sundered between them shall be the Cords.
Faridul Haque
(The day) when the leaders will be disgusted with their followers - and they shall see their punishment, and all their links will be cut off.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When those who were followed renounce those who followed (them), and they see the chastisement and their ties are cut asunder.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Could they but see when those who were followed shall disown their followers and shall see the punishment and all their ties shall be cut asunder.
Muhammad Asad
[On that Day] it will come to pass that those who had been [falsely] adored shall disown their followers, and the latter shall see the suffering [that awaits them], with all their hopes cut to pieces!
Muhammad Musin Khan
When those who were followed, disown (declare themselves innocent of) those who followed (them), and they see the torment, then all their relations will be cut off from them.
Muhammad Pickthall
(On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed (them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with them.
Muhammad Sarwar
When the leaders see the torment and lose all their resources, they will denounce their followers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
When those who were followed shall renounce those who followed (them), and they see the chastisement and their ties are cut asunder.
Rashad Khalifa
Those who were followed will disown those who followed them. They will see the retribution, and all ties among them will be severed.
Shabbir Ahmed
Then those who were followed (the political and religious leaders) will renounce their followers, as soon as they see the impending doom, and all their mutual bonds will be rent asunder.