We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.
Az-Zukhruf 43:8
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فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.
So We destroyed people who were even stronger than them, and the stories of those earlier people have passed.
So We destroyed those who were even stronger than these people — and the stories of those before have already passed.
So We destroyed those mightier in power than these, and the example of the earlier peoples has passed.
We destroyed people more powerful than them, and the example of the ancients has passed away.
We destroyed people more powerful than them, and the example of the ancients has passed away.
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these - and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them).
So We destroyed them, although they were greater in might than these [Pagans], and the stories of the earlier nations have already been related.
So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).
so We destroyed those who were mightier than these; such was the example of the earlier peoples.
We utterly destroyed them although they were greater in might than these. The examples of ancient peoples have gone before.
So We destroyed those who were stronger than these, and the example of the former peoples has already come to pass.
Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena