Those who were before them impugned [the apostles], whereat the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware.
كسانى كه پيش از آنان بودند [حق را] تكذيب كردند، پس عذاب از جايى كه نمى‌دانستند- و انتظار نداشتند- بديشان آمد.