3كَم أَهلَكنا مِن قَبلِهِم مِن قَرنٍ فَنادَوا وَلاتَ حينَ مَناصٍ(Irfan-ul-Quran)How many a community We have destroyed before them! And they started crying (on seeing the torment), when there was no time left for deliverance (and release).