(Lessons from the Past)
Many a generation we have annihilated before you when they transgressed. Their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they refused to believe. We thus requite the guilty people.
وَلَقَد أَهلَكنَا القُرونَ مِن قَبلِكُم لَمّا ظَلَموا وَجاءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّنٰتِ وَما كانوا لِيُؤمِنوا كَذٰلِكَ نَجزِى القَومَ المُجرِمينَ
wa laqad ahlaknal quroona min qablikum lammaa zalamoo wa jaaa’at hum Rusuluhum bil baiyinaati wa maa kaanoo liyu’minoo; kazaalika najzil qawmal mujrimeen