and did they not travel in the land to see what sort of fate befell those before them? they were stronger than them and they cultivated the land and inhabited it more than them and their noble messengers came to them with clear proofs so it did not befit allahs majesty to oppress them but it was they who used to wrong themselves.
أولم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا أشد منهم قوة وأثاروا الأرض وعمروها أكثر مما عمروها وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات فما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون