قَدْ Verily مَكَرَ plotted ٱلَّذِينَ those who مِن (were) before them قَبْلِهِمْ (were) before them فَأَتَى but Allah came ٱللَّهُ but Allah came بُنْيَـٰنَهُم (at) their building مِّنَ from ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ the foundations فَخَرَّ so fell عَلَيْهِمُ upon them ٱلسَّقْفُ the roof مِن from فَوْقِهِمْ above them وَأَتَىٰهُمُ and came to them ٱلْعَذَابُ the punishment مِنْ from حَيْثُ where لَا they (did) not perceive يَشْعُرُونَ they (did) not perceive ٢٦
Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.
— Come To Light