How many townships have We destroyed where the people had become arrogant on account of their affluence? Since then their dwelling-places have scarcely been inhabited -- We became their inheritors.
われは如何に多くの（安楽で裕福な）生活に有頂天になった町を，滅ぼしたことであろうか。それ以来，かれらの居所には，（至極）僅かな人びとを除き住む者もない。（結局）われが，それらの相続者である。