if only there had been men endued with virtue in the ages before you who could preserve men from doing evil in the world other than the few we saved from among them. those who were wicked followed that which made them dissolute and became sinners.
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