why then were there not among the generations before you upright men who would speak out against the corruption on earth except for the few whom we saved? but the wrongdoers pursued their worldly pleasures and thus became guilty.
فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم أولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الأرض إلا قليلا ممن أنجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما أترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين