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 before them did also plot (against Allah's Way): but Allah took their structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down on them from above; and the Wrath seized them from directions they did not perceive.
Soma 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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