If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.
چرا در ميان مردمانى كه پيش از شما بودند -جز اندكى كه از آن ميان نجاتشان داديم- خردمندانى نبودند تا مردمان را از فسادكردن در زمين باز دارند؟ ظالمان از پى آسودگى و لذات دنيوى رفتند و گنهكار بودند.