And how many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were stronger in power than them, and (when Our Torment came) they ran for a refuge in the land! Could they find any place of refuge (for them to save themselves from destruction)?
われはかれら以前に，如何に多くの世代を滅ぼしたことか。かれらは，これら（マッカの多神教徒）よりも力においてもっと勇猛であったではないか。それでかれらは諸都市を巡り歩いたが，何処に避難所があろうか。