وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَامِدِينَ
“(The people of) how many towns there were iniquitous did We destroy, and We raised up after it another people! So when they felt Our (approaching) torment, lo! They began to flee from it. (We said:) ‘Flee not, but return to that wherein you revelled, and your dwellings, haply you will be questioned. They said: ‘Woe to us! Verily, we were unjust! And this cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them like reaped corn, extinct” (more…)