Why do they not consider how many generations living before them We have destroyed. We established those nations in the land with abilities far beyond those given to you. We sent down plenty of rain from the sky for them and made streams flow therein, but, then, We destroyed them for their sins and established other nations after them.
われはかれら以前に，次から次に幾世代も滅ぼしたかを，あなたがたは考えないのか。われは地上でかれらを代々安住させ，あなたがたにすらしなかったものを与えた。われは，かれらの上に雲を送り（雨を）注ぎ降らせ，その足許に川を流れさせた。だが凡ての罪のためにかれらを滅ぼし，その跡に外の世代を出現させた。