Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ghafir, Ayah 84
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ
And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."
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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’.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(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.