We have annihilated many communities around you, after we had explained the proofs, that they might repent.
وَلَقَد أَهلَكنا ما حَولَكُم مِنَ القُرىٰ وَصَرَّفنَا الـٔايٰتِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ
wa laqad ahlaknaa ma hawlakum minal quraa wa sarrafnal Aayaati la’allahum yarji’oon