and how many a community have we destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! and yonder are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them save a little. and we even we were the inheritors.
وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين