and how many a town have we destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence so these are their abodes they have not been dwelt in after them except a little and we are the inheritors and your lord never destroyed the towns until he raised in their metropolis an apostle reciting to them our communications and we never destroyed the towns except when their people were unjust.
وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون