have they not travelled over the land so that they may observe how was the fate of those who were before them? they were more numerous than them and were greater in power and with respect to the effects in the land. but what they used to earn did not avail 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