And indeed We destroyed several generations before you when they crossed the limits – and their respective Noble Messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they were not such as would believe; this is how We reward the guilty.
本当にわれはあなたがた以前にも，かれらが不義を行ったために，幾多の民族を滅ぼした。使徒たちが明証をかれらに与えたのだが，かれらは信じようとはしなかった。このようにわれは，罪を犯した民に報いる。