سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:5

The Elevated Places · Verse 5 of 206

فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَاهُمْ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So that their cry meant nothing when Our punishment came upon them except that they (apologisingly) said, `Truly we were wrong-doing people.´

When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong.

And when Our punishment overtook them they had nothing to say except crying out: "We have indeed been sinners."

12 more translations

And there was no appeal from them when Our scourge fell upon them, except for their saying: "Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

Then naught was their cry a when Our violence came upon them save that they said: verily we have been the wrong-doers.

Therefore they uttered nothing when Our punishment came to them, except that they said, "Indeed we were the unjust."

Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that they said: Surely we were wrongdoers.

So when our punishment came upon them, their cry was nothing but they said, `We were indeed wrongdoers ! '

And when Our punishment came upon them, they had nothing to say for themselves, and could only cry, "Verily, we were wrongdoers!"

No cry did they utter when Our Torment came upon them but this: "Verily, we were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)".

No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.

When Our wrath struck them, they could do nothing but confess to their sins.

Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that they said: Surely we were unjust.

Their utterance when our retribution came to them was: "Indeed, we have been transgressors."

They had no plea when Our requital came to them, but they said, “We were unjust, and used to oppress the vulnerable.”