The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
al-Naḥl (The Bee)
ٱلنَّحْل
16:26
قَدْ
مَكَرَ
الَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
فَأَتَى
اللَّهُ
بُنْيَانَهُم
مِّنَ
الْقَوَاعِدِ
فَخَرَّ
عَلَيْهِمُ
السَّقْفُ
مِن
فَوْقِهِمْ
وَأَتَاهُمُ
الْعَذَابُ
مِنْ
حَيْثُ
لَا
يَشْعُرُونَ
qad makara lladhīna min qablihim fa-ʾatā llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʿidi fa-kharra ʿalayhimu s-saqfu min fawqihim wa-ʾatāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna
Those who went before them had also devised evil plans. God demolished their houses, destroying their very foundations. Their ceilings toppled on their heads and torment struck them from a direction which they had never expected.
