See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?- generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).
آيا نديدند كه پيش از آنها چه بسيار اقوامى را هلاك كرديم كه در روى زمين به آنها تمكّنى داديم كه به شما نداديم و آسمان را بر آنها بارانديم و نهرها در زير پاهايشان روان ساختيم؟ آن‌گاه آنان را به سزاى گناهانشان نابود كرديم و از پى آنان قومى ديگر پديد آورد