So We destroyed far more powerful (nations) than they. The example of earlier people is there.

We therefore destroyed the people who were more forceful than these, and the example of the earlier ones has already gone by.

so We destroyed men stronger in valour than they, and the example of the ancients passed away.

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

Wherefore We destroyed peoples mightier than these in prowess; and there hath gone forth the example of the ancients.

Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these, and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them).

We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.

We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.

We destroyed people more powerful than them, and the example of the ancients has passed away.

We destroyed people more powerful than them, and the example of the ancients has passed away.

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

We utterly destroyed them although they were greater in might than these. The examples of ancient peoples have gone before.

Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these and the example of the ancients has passed away.

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

So We destroyed those who were stronger than these, and the example of the former peoples has already come to pass.

so We destroyed those who were mightier in courage than they. And the example of the ancients has passed away.

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

We destroyed the strongest among them in power. The stories of the ancient people have already been mentioned.

Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshan wamada mathalu alawwaleena

fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

so We destroyed those who were mightier than these; such was the example of the earlier peoples.

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