كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
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سُورَةُ الزُّمَرِ
English — Sahih International
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.
اردو — مودودی
اِن سے پہلے بھی بہت سے لوگ اسی طرح جھٹلا چکے ہیں آخر اُن پر عذاب ایسے رخ سے آیا جدھر ان کا خیال بھی نہ جا سکتا تھا
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Orang-orang yang sebelum mereka telah mendustakan (rasul-rasul), maka datanglah kepada mereka azab dari arah yang tidak mereka sangka.
Ibn Kathir
The Final Destination of the Disbelievers
أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ
(Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection) he will be rebuked and he and the evildoers like him will be told:
ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
(Taste what you used to earn!) `Is this like the one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection' as Allah says:
أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
(Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on the straight way) (67:22);
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
(The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!") (54:48), and
أَفَمَن يُلْقَى فِى النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِى ءَامِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ
(Is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection) (41:40) In each of these Ayat, it was sufficient to refer to one of the two groups.
كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَـهُمُ الْعَـذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ
(Those before them denied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.) means, the previous generations who denied the Messengers were destroyed by Allah for their sins. And none had they to protect them from Allah.
فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْىَ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا
(So Allah made them to taste the disgrace in the present life,) means, by means of the punishment and revenge which He sent down upon them, and the rejoicing of the believers for what happened to them. So, let those who are addressed beware, for they have rejected the noblest of the Messengers and the Seal of the Prophets . And what Allah has promised them of severe punishment in the Hereafter is worse than whatever befell them in this world. Allah says:
وَلَعَذَابُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ
(but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew!)
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ - قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
المُيَسَّر
كذَّب الذين مِن قبل قومك -أيها الرسول- رسلهم، فجاءهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون بمجيئه، فأذاق الله الأمم المكذبة العذاب والهوان في الدنيا، وأعد لهم عذابًا أشد وأشق في الآخرة، لو كان هؤلاء المشركون يعلمون أن ما حلَّ بهم؛ بسبب كفرهم وتكذيبهم لاتَّعظوا.