وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِيشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٥٨
Wakam ahlaknā min qaryati batirat ma'īshatahā fatilka masākinuhum lam tuskam mim ba'dihim illā qalīlan wakunnā nahnul-wārithīn
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly.1114 And it is We who were the inheritors.
Footnotes
1114 By travelers seeking temporary shelter. The reference is to the ruins which were visible to the Quraysh during their journeys.