those before them also schemed but god took their structures from the foundations and the roof caved in on them. the punishment came at them from where they did not perceive.
قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فأتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم وأتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون