43:8
Az-Zukhruf 8
Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف), verse 8 — reference 43:8. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.
فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.