Surah Az-Zumar — Verse 25

The Troops · 39:25 · 25/75

كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Kaththaba allatheena minqablihim faatahumu alAAathabu min haythu layashAAuroon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Those before them had also rejected (the messengers) and consequently, the punishment came upon them in a way that they had never imagined.

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Their predecessors gave the lie to the Truth and then chastisement came upon them from whence they could not imagine.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Those who lived before them did [too] give the lie to the truth - whereupon suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came:

Rowwad · source edition

Those who came before them also disbelieved, so the punishment came upon them from where they could not imagine.