﴿ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴾

“Those who lived before them did [too] give the lie to the truth - whereupon suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came:”

يعني القرون الماضية المكذبة للرسل أهلكهم الله بذنوبهم وما كان لهم من الله من واق.