have they then never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those who lived before their time? more numerous were they and greater in power than they are and in the impact which they left on earth but all that they ever achieved 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