Do they not consider how many a generation We have destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the clouds pouring rain on them in abundance, and We made the rivers to flow beneath them, then We destroyed them on account of their faults and raised up after them another generation.

And certainly We did destroy generations before you when they were unjust, and their messengers had come to them with clear arguments, and they would not believe; thus do We recompense the guilty people.

And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.

And how many of the generations did We destroy after Nuh! and your Lord is sufficient as Knowing and Seeing with regard to His servants' faults.

And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Do you see any one of them or hear a sound of them?

Does it not then direct them aright how many of the generations In whose dwelling-places they go about We destroyed before them? Most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding.

Then We made Our promise good to them, so We delivered them and those whom We pleased, and We destroyed the ex

And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,

And certainly We gave Musa the Book after We had destroyed the former generations, clear arguments for men and a guidance and a mercy, that they may be mindful.

And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence, so these are their abodes, they have not been dwelt in after them except a little, and We are the inheritors,

Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of the generations, in whose abodes they go about, did We destroy before them? Most surely there are signs in this; will they not then hear?

Do they not consider how many of the generations have We destroyed before them, because they do not turn to them?

How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away.

And certainly We destroyed the towns which are around you, and We repeat the communications that they might turn.

And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge?