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Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 8

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فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Faahlakn a ashadda minhum ba t shan wama da mathalu alawwaleen a

and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these:⁶ and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past.

- Mohammad Asad

So We destroyed them, though they were stronger in power than these people, and provided an example in the case of prior people.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these 'Meccans'. The examples of 'their' predecessors have 'already' been related.¹

- Mustafa Khattab

Then we destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).

- Marmaduke Pickthall

So We destroyed (them) stronger in power than these and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old. ⁴⁶⁰⁹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali