9ثُمَّ صَدَقناهُمُ الوَعدَ فَأَنجَيناهُم وَمَن نَشاءُ وَأَهلَكنَا المُسرِفينَMuhammad AsadIn the end, We made good unto them Our promise, and We saved them and all whom We willed [to save],1 and We destroyed those who had wasted their own selves.2I.e., their believing followers.As regards my rendering of al-musrifun as "those who had wasted their own selves", see note 21 on the last sentence of 10:12.