( كذب الذين من قبلهم ) من قبل كفار مكة كذبوا الرسل ، ( فأتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون ) يعني : وهم آمنون غافلون من العذاب .
The nations that were before these idolaters also denied, and thus the punishment came to them suddenly from where they did not perceive so as to prepare for it by repentance.