Quran 39:25 — Az-Zumar, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares:
كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those that were before them cried lies, then the chastisement came upon them from whence they were not aware;
- Muhammad Asad
- Those who lived before them did [too] give the lie to the truth - whereupon suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came:
- Sahih International
- Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | Denied | كذب |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | مِنmin | (were) before them | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | (were) before them | قبل |
| 5 | فَأَتَىٰهُمُfa-atāhumu | so came upon them | أتي |
| 6 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 7 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 8 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 9 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 10 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they perceive | شعر |