have they not considered how many generations we destroyed before them? we had established them on earth more firmly than we established you and we sent the clouds pouring down abundant rain on them and we made rivers flow beneath them. but we destroyed them for their sins and established other civilizations after them.
ألم يروا كم أهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن مكناهم في الأرض ما لم نمكن لكم وأرسلنا السماء عليهم مدرارا وجعلنا الأنهار تجري من تحتهم فأهلكناهم بذنوبهم وأنشأنا من بعدهم قرنا آخرين