have they not travelled in the earth so that they may behold what wise hath been the end of those before them. they were more numerous than these and mightier in strength and the traces in the land. but naught availed them of that which they had been earning.
أفلم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا أكثر منهم وأشد قوة وآثارا في الأرض فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون