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az-Zumar 39:25
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
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Those before them ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺, then the torment came upon them from where they least expected.
Safi Kaskas
Those before them also denied the truth, and punishment came upon them before they realize what is happening.
Arabic
كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُون
Transliteration
Ka
thth
aba alla
th
eena min qablihim faat
a
humu alAAa
tha
bu min
h
aythu l
a
yashAAuroon
a
Transliteration-2
kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
Denied those who (were) from before them, so came upon them the punishment from where not they perceive.
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
M. M. Pickthall
Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive
Shakir
Those before them rejected (prophets), therefore there came to them the chastisement from whence they perceived not
Wahiduddin Khan
Those before them also denied the truth, and the punishment fell on them from where they did not expect
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Those before them denied and so the punishment approached them from where they are not aware.
T.B.Irving
The ones who preceded them denied it, so torment came at them from somewhere they did not notice.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Those before them ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺, then the torment came upon them from where they least expected.
Safi Kaskas
Those before them also denied the truth, and punishment came upon them before they realize what is happening.
Abdul Hye
Those who also denied before them, the punishment came on them from where they did not perceive.
The Study Quran
Those before them denied, and the punishment came upon them whence they were not aware
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Those before them have denied, and thus the retribution came to them from where they did not perceive
Abdel Haleem
Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Those before them belied, wherefore the torment came on them whence they knew not
Ahmed Ali
Those before them had denied, then punishment had overtaken them is from a quarter they did not suspect
Aisha Bewley
Those before them also denied the truth and the punishment came upon them from where they did not expect.
Ali Ünal
Those before them denied (the Revelation), and so the punishment came upon them without their having perceived from where it came
Ali Quli Qara'i
Those who were before them impugned [the apostles], whereat the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware
Hamid S. Aziz
Those before them (also) denied (the prophets or the revelation, the message), therefore there came to them the chastisement from whence they perceived not
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The ones before them cried lies; then the torment came up to them from where they were not aware
Muhammad Sarwar
Those who lived before them had also rejected Our revelations. Thus, the torment struck them and they did not even realize where it came from
Muhammad 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
Shabbir Ahmed
Those who lived before their times, also denied the Truth. So the punishment befell them from directions they could have not imagined
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(There were) those who rejected (the Message) before them and so (for them) the punishment came to them from directions they did not expect
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive
Farook Malik
Those who have gone before them also disbelieved, consequently, the punishment overtook them from the directions they least expected
Dr. Munir Munshey
The earlier people had rejected. As a result, punishment came to them from where they least expected
Dr. Kamal Omar
Those before them belied, so the torment came on them from directions and sites they do not perceive
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Those before them also denied the truth, so the penalty came upon them from where they did not perceive
Maududi
Their predecessors gave the lie to the Truth and then chastisement came upon them from whence they could not imagine
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Those before them (also) denied, so the punishment came upon them from where they did not realize
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Those before them also rejected it, and so the punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive
Musharraf Hussain
Others before them also disbelieved, and they were unaware of where the punishment came from.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Those before them have denied, and thus the retribution came to them from where they did not perceive.
Mohammad Shafi
The peoples that lived before them denied the Truth. Then the punishment came upon them from where they knew not
Bijan Moeinian
Many a people before them also chose to disobey. They got what they deserved when they least expect it
Faridul Haque
Those before them had denied, therefore the punishment came to them from a place they did not know
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Those who went before them also belied, then Our punishment overtook them from where they were unaware
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Those before them denied, so the chastisement came to them from whence they perceived not
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Those from before them lied/denied/falsified, so the torture came to them from where/when they do not feel/know/sense
Sher Ali
Those, who were before them, rejected Our Messengers, so the punishment came upon them whence they knew not
Rashad Khalifa
Others before them have disbelieved and, consequently, the retribution afflicted them whence they never expected.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Those before them belied so torment came upon them whence they knew not.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Their predecessors also cried lies (to their Messengers of God,) so that (Our) punishment came upon them from quarters they little perceived
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The people who passed before them rejected (the Messengers), so the torment came upon them whence they had no perception
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not
Arthur John Arberry
Those that were before them cried lies, then the chastisement came upon them from whence they were not aware
Edward Henry Palmer
Those before them called the (prophets) liars, and the torment came to them from whence they perceived it not
George Sale
Those who were before them, accused their apostles of imposture; wherefore a punishment came upon them from whence they expected it not
John Medows Rodwell
They who were before them said it was a lie; but a punishment came upon them whence they looked not for it
N J Dawood (2014)
Those who have gone before them also disbelieved, so that the scourge overtook them unawares
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Those before them rejected, and so the punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.
Sayyid Qutb
Those who lived before them also disbelieved, and so suffering befell them from where they could not perceive.
Ahmed Hulusi
Those before them denied and suffering came to them from a place of which they were not aware.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Similarly behaved those who preceded them and they were seized with a ruinous punishment they neither knew how it happened nor whence it came
Mir Aneesuddin
Those before them (had also) denied, so they did not perceive from where the punishment came to them.
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive
OLD Literal
Word for Word
Denied those who (were) before them, so came upon them the punishment from where not they perceive
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