Have they not seen how many a people We have destroyed before them? People whom We had made more powerful in the earth than you are and upon them We showered from the heavens abundant rains, and at whose feet We caused the rivers to flow? And then (when they behaved ungratefully) We destroyed them for their sins, and raised other peoples in their place.
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