if only there had been among the generations before you persons having wisdom prohibiting from fasad in the earth except a few of those whom we saved from among them! those who did wrong pursued the enjoyment of good things of life and were criminals.
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