¹  Those before them ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺, then the torment came upon them from where they least expected.  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

²  Those who lived before them did [too] give the lie to the truth - whereupon suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came:  Muhammad Asad

³  Those before them also denied the truth, so the penalty came upon them from where they did not perceive.  Talal Itani

⁴  Their predecessors gave the lie to the Truth and then chastisement came upon them from whence they could not imagine.  Maududi

⁵  Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.  Muhsin Khan

⁶  Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares:  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

⁷  Those before them denied and so the punishment approached them from where they are not aware.  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

⁸  Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.  Marmaduke Pickthall

⁹  Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.  Sahih Int.

¹⁰  Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.  Yusuf Ali

¹¹  denied those who (were) before them, so came upon them the punishment from where not they perceive.  Word by Word