surely many people before them had plotted in a similar manner to but allah uprooted the whole structure of their plot from its foundations so that the roof fell in upon them and the chastisement visited them from unknown directions.
قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فأتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم وأتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون