7:5
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ٥
Saheeh International
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)
No cry did they utter when Our torment came upon them but this:"Verily, we were wrongdoers."This means, when the torment came to them, their cry was that they admitted their sins and that they deserved to be punished.Allah said in a similar Ayah,وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَـلِمَةHow many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed, (21:11), until, خَـمِدِينَ (Extinct). (21:15)Allah's saying