Az Zukhruf Ayah 8
فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٨
So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these ?Meccans?. The examples of ?their? predecessors have ?already? been related.
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