Have We not destroyed the earlier generations?
Did We not destroy the earlier people?
Did We not destroy the ancients,
Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days?
Destroyed We not the ancients?
Did We not destroy the ancients?
Did We not destroy the ancients?
Did We not destroy many a nation of the earlier times?
Did We not destroy the ancients
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Did We not destroy the former generations,
Did We not destroy the ancients
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
Did We not destroy the ancient people
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Alam nuhliki alawwaleen<b>a</b>
Did We not destroy the earlier peoples?
Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?