Are they better than the people of Tubba` and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes.
أَهُم خَيرٌ أَم قَومُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم أَهلَكنٰهُم إِنَّهُم كانوا مُجرِمينَ
ahum khayrun am qawmu Tubba’inw wallazeena min qablihim; ahlaknaahum innahum kaanoo mujrimeen