Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ar-Room, Ayah 49
وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ
Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
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Though indeed before it was sent down upon them before that min qablihi is repeated for emphasis they had been despondent despairing of its sending down.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Though before that) before the rain, (even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair) about the rain.