An-Náhl 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
Surely many people before them had plotted in a similar manner to (vanquish the Truth), but Allah uprooted the whole structure of their plot from its foundations so that the roof fell in upon them, and the chastisement (of Allah) visited them from unknown directions.
Lee Tafsir
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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