وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُّهْلِکَ قَرْیَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِیهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِیهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَیْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِیر(( 16 ))
16- AND WHEN WE INTENDED TO PERISH A TOWN, WE (FIRST OF ALL) WARNED THOSE REVELERS IN IT; BUT THEY DEBAUCHED THERE IN (REJECTED THE NOTICE), AND DESERVED THE WORD (OF PUNISHMENT), THEN WE DESTROYED IT UTTERLY.
وَکَمْ أَهْلَکْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوح وَکَفَى بِرَبِّکَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِیراً بَصِیر(( 17 ))
17- AND HOW MANY OF GENERATIONS WE DESTROYED AFTER NOAH. AND ENOUGH IS YOUR LORD FOR BEING AWARE OF, AND SEEING THE SINS OF HIS SERVANTS.