Have they not travelled about in the land so that they may behold of what wise hath been the end of those who were before them? They were mightier than these in strength and in the traces in the land. Yet Allah laid hold of them for their sins, and from Allah they had none as protector.
آيا در زمين نگرديده‌اند تا ببينند فرجام كسانى كه پيش از آنها [زيسته‌]اند چگونه بوده است؟ آنها از ايشان نيرومندتر [بوده‌] و آثار [پايدارترى‌] در روى زمين [از خود باقى گذاشتند]، با اين همه، خدا آنان را به كيفر گناهانشان گرفتار كرد و در برابر خدا حمايتگرى نداشتند.