and how many a town have we destroyed which were thankless for its means of livelihood ! and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except a little. and verily! we have been the inheritors.
وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين