فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded