An-Nahl 16:26 قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فاتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم واتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون ٢٦
قَدۡ
مَكَرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡ
فَأَتَى
ٱللَّهُ
بُنۡيَٰنَهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ
فَخَرَّ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلسَّقۡفُ
مِن
فَوۡقِهِمۡ
وَأَتَىٰهُمُ
ٱلۡعَذَابُ
مِنۡ
حَيۡثُ
لَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
٢٦
Those who went before them also schemed, but God attacked the very foundations of what they built. The roof fell down on them: punishment came on them from unimagined directions.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Discussion about what the previous Peoples did, and what was done to Them
قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ
(Those before them indeed plotted,) Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "This refers to Namrud (Nimrod), who built the tower." Others said that it refers to Bukhtanassar (Nebuchadnezzar)
…Discussion about what the previous Peoples did, and what was done to Them
قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ
(Those before them indeed plotted,) Al-`
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