كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ ٣
Kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw wwalāta hīna manās
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.