2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 166
اِذْ تَبَرَّاَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْاَسْبَابُ
Ith tabarraa allatheenaittubiAAoo mina allatheena ittabaAAoo waraawoo alAAathabawataqattaAAat bihimu al-asbab
When those who were followed disown those who followed them, and they see the punishment, and the connection between them is cut,
- Progressive Muslims
When those who were followed will disown those who followed them, and they will see the retribution, and all excuses have abandoned them.
- Shabbir Ahmed
(On the Day) those who were followed will disown those who followed them. And as soon as they see the doom, their mutual relations will collapse with them.
- Sam Gerrans
When those who were followed will disown those who followed; and they will see the punishment, and the connections between them will be cut,
- The Monotheist Group
When those who were followed will disown those who followed them, and they will see the retribution, and all excuses will abandon them.
- Edip-Layth
When those who were followed will disown those who followed them, they will see the retribution; all means have abandoned them.
- Aisha Bewley
When those who were followed disown those who followed them, and they see the punishment, and the connection between them is cut,
- Rashad Khalifa
Those who were followed will disown those who followed them. They will see the retribution, and all ties among them will be severed.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
And yet there are men who take others as compeers of God, and bestow on them love due to God; but the love of the faithful for God is more intense. If only the wicked could see now the agony that they will behold (on the Day of Resurrection), they will know that to God belongs the power entirely'. And the punishment of God is severe.
- Sahih International
[And they should consider that] when those who have been followed disassociate themselves from those who followed [them], and they [all] see the punishment, and cut off from them are the ties [of relationship],
- Muhammad Asad
[On that Day] it will come to pass that those who had been [falsely] adored shall disown their followers, and the latter shall see the suffering [that awaits them], with all their hopes cut to pieces!
- Marmaduke Pickthall
(On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed (them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with them.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Then those who were authoritatively followed would declare their innocence distinguishing themselves from those who followed their path. No sooner do they perceive the penalty imposed for the evil wrought by want of thought, than the ties of their common belief would have been severed.
- Bijan Moeinian
When God passes His Judgment upon the disbelievers, the very leaders who were used to "guide" them will refuse to acknowledge them as their bonds will be cut off.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
When those who were followed, disown (declare themselves innocent of) those who followed (them), and they see the torment, then all their relations will be cut off from them.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them): They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.
- Mustafa Khattab
˹Consider the Day˺ when those who misled others will disown their followers—when they face the torment—and the bonds that united them will be cut off.
- Taqi Usmani
(Imagine the time) when those who were followed will disown their followers, and they (all) will see the punishment, and the bonds between them will be cut asunder,
- Abdul Haleem
When those who have been followed disown their followers, when they all see the suffering, when all bonds between them are severed,
- Arthur John Arberry
when those that were followed disown their followers, and they see the chastisement, and their cords are cut asunder,
- E. Henry Palmer
When those who are followed clear themselves of those who followed them, and see the torment, and the cords are cut asunder,
- Hamid S. Aziz
When those who are Followed clear themselves of those who Follow them, they would see the Penalty, and the cords between them would be cut asunder.
- Mahmoud Ghali
As (the ones) who were closely followed acquitted themselves of (the ones) who closely followed (them), and see the torment, and their means (of escape) are cut off.
- George Sale
When those who have been followed, shall separate themselves from their followers, and shall see the punishment, and the cords of relation between them shall be cut in sunder;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then would those who are followed clear themselves from those who follow (them): They would see the Penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(At that time) when those who were followed (- the leaders) shall disown and sever themselves from their followers and they shall see the punishment (with their own eyes) and all their ties and means shall be cut asunder.
- Ali Quli Qarai
When those who were followed will disown the followers, and they will sight the punishment while all their means of recourse will be cut off,