why were there not among the generations before you a remnant who might forbid corruption in the earth except a few of those whom we delivered from among them? those who were wrongdoers pursued that in which they had been granted affluence and they were a guilty lot.
فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم أولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الأرض إلا قليلا ممن أنجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما أترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين