Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.
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。