كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Kaththaba allatheena min qablihim faatahumu alAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroona
Denied those who (were) before them, so came upon them the punishment from where not they perceive.
Those who lived before them did [too] give the lie to the truth - whereupon suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came:
Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.
Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.
Those before them denied, so the chastisement came to them from whence they perceived not.
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.