( ألم يأتكم ) يخاطب كفار مكة ( نبأ الذين كفروا من قبل ) يعني : الأمم الخالية ( فذاقوا وبال أمرهم ) يعني ما لحقهم من العذاب في الدنيا ( ولهم عذاب أليم ) في الآخرة .
Has the news of the nations who denied before you not reached you, O idolaters - such as the people of Noah, the Ad, the Thamud and others. They tasted the punishment of the disbelief they had perpetrated in the world, and in the afterlife they will receive a painful punishment. Indeed, that has come to you. So take a lesson from their eventual outcome and repent to Allah before that which befell them befalls you.