Consequently, we annihilated people who were even more powerful than these. We thus set the examples from the previous communities.
فَأَهلَكنا أَشَدَّ مِنهُم بَطشًا وَمَضىٰ مَثَلُ الأَوَّلينَ
fa ahlaknaaa ashadda minhum batshanw wa madaa masalul awwaleen