and when we will to destroy a township we send the commands to its prosperous people thereupon they do not obey them and so the word is proved upon it – we therefore destroy and ruin it.
وإذا أردنا أن نهلك قرية أمرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرناها تدميرا