43. Zuhruf · verses 7–8

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

Wama yateehim min nabiyyin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena

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