The Quran

سورة غَافر

Surah Ghâfir 40:84

Granter of Protection · Verse 84 of 85

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِ مُشْرِكِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So when they saw Our punishment they said, `We believe in Allâh alone, and We reject (all) that we used to associate with Him.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: "We believe in Allah,- the one Allah - and we reject the partners we used to join with Him.î

Ahmed Ali

So that when they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in God the one and single, and reject those we associated (with Him)." --

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Then when they saw Our mighty punishment, they exclaimed: "We have come to believe in God as One and rejected all that we used to associate (with Him)!"

Daryabadi

Then when they behold Our prowess, they said: we believe in Allah alone, and we disbelieve in that which with Him we have been associating.

Faridul Haque

So when they saw Our punishment, they said, “We accept faith in the One Allah, and reject those whom we ascribed with Him.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone, and we deny what we used to associate with Him.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And when they saw Our punishment they said, `We believe in ALLAH alone and we reject all that which we used to associate with HIM.'

Muhammad Asad

And then, when they [clearly] beheld Our punishment, they said: "We have come to believe in the One God, and we have renounced all belief in that to which we were wont to ascribe a share in His divinity!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that we used to associate (with Him).

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "We believe in One God and disbelieve in whatever we had considered equal to Him," when they experienced Our wrath..

Muhammed ali Shakir

But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him.

Rashad Khalifa

Subsequently, when they saw our retribution they said, "Now we believe in GOD ALONE, and we now disbelieve in the idol worship that we used to practice."

Shabbir Ahmed

And then, as they saw Our strike, they cried, "We believe in God, the One God only and reject all that we used to associate with Him."