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YUSUFALI : Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.

PICKTHAL : Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.

SHAKIR : Those before them rejected (prophets), therefore there came to them the chastisement from whence they perceived not.

M& HILALI : Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.