how many townships have we destroyed where the people had become arrogant on account of their affluence? since then their dwellingplaces have scarcely been inhabited we became their inheritors.
وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين