فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡاْ بَأۡسَنَا قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَكَفَرۡنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكِينَ ٨٤
And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allāh alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."
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فَلَمَّا So when falammā رَأَوۡاْ they saw ra-aw بَأۡسَنَا Our punishment basanā قَالُوٓاْ they said qālū ءَامَنَّا We believe āmannā بِٱللَّهِ in Allah bil-lahi وَحۡدَهُۥ Alone waḥdahu وَكَفَرۡنَا and we disbelieve wakafarnā بِمَا in what bimā كُنَّا we used to kunnā بِهِۦ with Him bihi مُشۡرِكِينَ associate mush'rikīna Tafsir Then, when they saw My punishment they began confessing, at a time when no confession would benefit them, saying, “We bring faith upon Allah alone, and reject whatever partners and idols we would worship instead of Him.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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