and indeed we destroyed generations before you when they did wrong while their messengers came to them with clear proofs but they were not such as to believe! thus do we requite the people who are criminals.
ولقد أهلكنا القرون من قبلكم لما ظلموا وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات وما كانوا ليؤمنوا كذلك نجزي القوم المجرمين