Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:25

39:25

كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna

Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

— Saheeh International

Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

كَذَّبَkadhabaDenied
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
فَأَتَىٰهُمُfa-atāhumuso came upon them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
لَاlānot
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive