فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨
Fa ahlaknā ashadda minhum batshan wamadā mathalul-awwalīn
And We destroyed greater than them1432 in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Footnotes
1432 The disbelievers of the Quraysh, who denied Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).