how many a town we have destroyed that exulted in its lifestyle! there lie their dwellings uninhabited after them except by a few and we were the inheritors.
وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين