Surah Az-Zumar 39:25 — translation and meaning
الزمر · Verse 25 / 75 · Page 461
كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Word by Word
كَذَّبَ
kadhaba
Denied
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
مِن
min
(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ
qablihim
(were) before them
فَأَتَاهُمُ
fa-atahumu
so came upon them
الْعَذَابُ
al-'adhabu
the punishment
مِنْ
min
from
حَيْثُ
haythu
where
لَا
la
not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
they perceive
Transliteration
Kazzabal lazeena min qablihim fa ataahumul 'azaabu min haisu laa yash'uroon
Translation
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The nations that were before these idolaters also denied, and thus the punishment came to them suddenly from where they did not perceive so as to prepare for it by repentance.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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