Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 25 (39:25)

ٱلزُّمَر

كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Quran 39:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 461 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:25
كَذَّبَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْفَأَتَىٰهُمُٱلْعَذَابُمِنْحَيْثُلَايَشْعُرُونَ٢٥
kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna

Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.(25)

Word by word

  1. كَذَّبَkadhabaDenied
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. مِنmin(were) before them
  4. قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
  5. فَأَتَىٰهُمُfa-atāhumuso came upon them
  6. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
  7. مِنْminfrom
  8. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
  9. لَاlānot
  10. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive

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