have they not travelled in the land to see the fate of those who went before them? they were more numerous and mightier and left greater traces of their power on the earth yet all that they accomplished was of no avail to them.
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