فَ اَهْ لَكْ نَآ اَشَدَّ
اَشَدّ دَ مِنْهُمْ
مِنْ هُمْ بَطْشًا
بَطْ شَنْ وّ وَّ مَضٰی
وَ مَ ضَا مَثَلُ
مَ ثَ لُلْ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ
اَوّ وَ لِىْٓ نْ
So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these ˹Meccans˺. The examples of ˹their˺ predecessors have ˹already˺ been related.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We destroyed greater than them1 in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
— Saheeh International