When Our might came upon them, their only cry was, “We were indeed wrongdoers.”
Al-A'raf 7:5
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فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَاهُمْ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
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When Our might came upon them, their only cry was, “We were indeed wrongdoers.”
When Our punishment came to them, all they could say was, "We were wrong."
When Our punishment came to them, all they could say was, "We were truly wrong!"
Their only plea when Our might came upon them was to say, “We were wrongdoers.”
Their plea, when Our Force came upon them, was but to say, “Surely, we were wrongdoers.”
Their plea, when Our Force came upon them, was but to say, “Surely, we were wrongdoers.”
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
No cry did they utter when Our Torment came upon them but this: "Verily, we were Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)".
Their only cry, when Our punishment came upon them, was, “We were indeed wrongdoers.”
When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."
No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.
and when Our scourge fell upon them, their only cry was, "We were indeed wrongdoers!"
And when Our scourge fell upon them their only cry was: 'We are indeed transgressors.'
Then their cry, when Our punishment overtook them, was only that they said, ‘We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
Fama kana daAAwahum ith jaahum basuna illa an qaloo inna kunna thalimeena