why were there not among the generations before you persons possessed of balanced good sense prohibiting from mischief in the earth except a few among them whom we saved ? but the wrongdoers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them and persisted in sin.
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