Az-Zukhruf 43:8
Ornaments of gold · ayah 8 of 89
فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًۭا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen
"And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"so We have destroyed mightier people than [the disbelievers of Mecca] and their example has gone down in history."
Pickthall (classic)+
"Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them)."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old."