Quran 40:84 Word by Word & Translations

40:84 Word by Word (2021)

So when they saw Our punishment they said, "We believe in Allah Alone and we disbelieve in what we used to with Him associate."


40:84 Arabic

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

40:84 Transliteration

Falamma raaw ba/sana qaloo amanna biAllahi wahdahu wakafarna bima kunna bihi mushrikeena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So when they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in God alone, and we reject all the partners we used to set up!"
Abdel Haleem
when they saw Our punishment, they said, ‘We believe in God alone; we reject any partner we ascribed to Him,’
Abdul Hye
So when they saw Our punishment, they said: “We believe in Allah alone and reject all what we associated as partners with Him.”
Abdul Majid 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
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)." -
Ahmed Hulusi
When they saw Our rage they said, “We believe Allah, the One who comprises Our essence with His Names, is One; and disbelieve in what we ascribed to Him.”
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then when they saw Our torment said, We believe in only one Allah and we deny all that which we used to associate with Him.
Aisha Bewley
When they saw Our violent force, they said, ´We have iman in Allah alone and reject what we associated with Him.´
Ali Ünal
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)!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then, when they sighted Our punishment, they said, ‘We believe in Allah alone, and disavow what we used to take as His partners.’
Amatul Rahman Omar
So when they saw Our punishment they said, `We believe in Allah alone, and We reject (all) that we used to associate with Him.
Arthur John Arberry
Then, when they saw Our might, they said, 'We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in that we were associating with Him.
Bakhtiari Nejad
So, when they saw Our punishment, they said: “We believe in God, He is the One, and we disbelieve in what we used to associate with Him.”
Bijan Moeinian
When they faced My punishment, they cried out: “We now believe in God, the one. We denounce all those gods whom we used to worship beside God.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
But when they saw Our punishment they said, “We believe in God, the one God, and we reject the partners we joined with Him.
Corpus.Quran
So when they saw Our punishment they said We believe in Allah Alone and we disbelieve in what we used to with Him associate
Dr. Kamal Omar
So when they watched Our Punishment (about to seize them) they said: “We have Believed in Allah — His Oneness, and we have rejected with what we remained thereby as polytheists .
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So when they saw Our might, they said: We believed in God alone and we were ungrateful in that we had been ones who are polytheists.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But when they saw Our torment, they started saying: ‘We believe in Allah, the One, and reject (all) those we used to associate with Him as partners.
Dr. Munir Munshey
Then, as they eyed the punishment they cried out, "We (now) believe in Allah, the One and the Only, and we reject everything (and everyone) we used to associate with Him."
Edward Henry Palmer
And when they saw our violence they said, 'We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in what we once associated with Him.
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.”
Fode Drame
But when they saw Our fury they said, “We believe in Allah alone and we disavow all that by which we used to be those who ascribe partners to Allah.”
George Sale
And when they beheld our vengeance, they said, we believe in God alone, and we renounce the idols which we associated with Him
Hamid S. Aziz
But when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And when they saw Our Might, they said: 'We believe in Allah alone, and we disbelieve in that we used to associate with Him.
Hilali - 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
Irving/Hegab
However once they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in Allah (God) Alone, and disbelieve in what we used to associate with Him."
John Medows Rodwell
And when they beheld our vengeance they said, "We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in the deities we once associated with Him."
Linda "iLham" Barto
When they saw Our punishment, they said, “We believe in Allah alone, and we now reject what we have joined with Him.”
Maududi
When they saw Our chastisement, they said: "We have come to believe in Allah, the Only One, and we reject all what we had associated (with Allah in His Divinity)."
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
Mir Aneesuddin
But when they saw Our punishment, they said, “We believe in Allah Who is One, and we reject that which we used to associate with Him as partners.”
Mohammad Shafi
Then, as they saw the severity of Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allah, the One and Only, and reject all those whom we had worshipped besides Him."
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So when they saw/understood Our might/power they said: "We believed with (in) God alone, and we disbelieved with what we were with Him sharing/making partners."
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 Mahmoud Ghali
Then, as soon as they saw Our violence, they said, "We believe in Allah alone, and we disbelieve in whatever we used to be associating with Him."
Muhammad Marmaduke 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
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When they saw Our punishment, they said, .We have (now) come to believe in Allah alone, and We have rejected everything we used to ascribe (to Him) as partners
Munir Mezyed
Then, when they saw Our divine retribution, they said: “We believe in Allâh only, and disbelieve in all what we used to associate with Him,"
MunirMezyed2023
Then, when they saw Our punishment, they said: “We now affirm our Faith in Allâh and renounce what we used to associate with Him."
Musharraf Hussain
So when they saw Our punishment they declared, “We believe in Allah; the One and we reject any partner we associated with Him.”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
When they saw Our punishment, they cried, “˹Now˺ we believe in Allah alone and reject what we had been associating with Him!”
Mustaqim
Then when they saw Our affliction they said: we believe in Allah alone and reject what we associated with Him.
N J Dawood 2014
And when they beheld Our might they said: ‘We now believe in God alone. We deny the idols which We served besides 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."
Safi Kaskas
Then, when they saw Our might, they said," We believe in God alone, and we reject what we used to associate with Him."
Samy Mahdy
So, when they saw Our adversity, they said, “We believe in Allah alone, and we disbelieve with what we were associating with Him.”
Shabbir Ahmed
And then, as they saw Our Strike, they cried, "We believe in Allah, the One God only and reject all that we used to associate with Him." (We will dismiss false 'authorities' and submit to the Divine System of Life)
Shakir
But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him
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.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
So when they saw Our Punishment, they said: "We believe in Allah— the One Allah— And we reject all the partners we used to enjoin with Him."
T.B.Irving
However once they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in God Alone, and disbelieve in what we used to associate with Him."
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And when they saw Our wrath, they said, “We believe in God alone and reject what we were associating with Him.”
Talal Itani (2012)
Then, when they witnessed Our might, they said, 'We believe in God alone, and we reject what we used to associate with Him.'
The Study Quran
Then, when they saw Our Might, they said, “We believe in God alone, and we disavow that which we used to ascribe as partners unto Him.
The Wise Quran
And when they saw Our punishment they said, 'We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in what we used to associate with Him.'
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."
Wahiduddin Khan
but when they saw Our punishment, they said, We believe in Godthe One God and we reject the partners we used to associate with Him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
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."