Surah Ghafir ayat 84 Tafsir Quran 40:84

﴿فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِ مُشْرِكِينَ﴾
[ غافر: 84]

40:84 And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."

Then when they saw Our doom that is the severity of Our chastisement they said ‘We believe in God alone and we disavow what we used to associate with Him’.

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

( Then, when they saw Our doom ) which came to destroy them, ( they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all ) that we used to associate ( with Him )) but this was said with their tongues only when they saw the punishment, but their hearts still did not believe.

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.

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