Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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!”
M. M. Pickthall
Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that 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."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
When they saw Our punishment, they cried, “˹Now˺ we believe in Allah alone and reject what we had been associating with Him!”
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."
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
Shakir
But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him
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.
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."
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.”
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.
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.'
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 .
When they saw Our scourge, they cried out: "We believe in Allah, the One and Only, and we reject all those gods whom we used to associate with Him."
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 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
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)
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."
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."
And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 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 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)." -
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.’
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."
Ali 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.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (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.
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.”
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)."
[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!"
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."
Controversial or status undetermined works
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.
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."
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.
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
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."
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
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
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
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.”
Munir Mezyed
Then, when they saw Our punishment, they said: “We now affirm our Faith in Allâh and renounce what we used to associate with Him."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then when they saw Our affliction they said: we believe in Allah alone and reject what we 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.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Then when they witnessed Our chastisement they said, “We believe in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with Him.”
Irving & Mohamed 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."
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.”
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.”
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.”
And when they encountered and experienced Our severe punishment, it was only then that they declared: "We believe in Allah alone, and we deny all the deities which we incorporated with 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.'