8فَأَهلَكنا أَشَدَّ مِنهُم بَطشًا وَمَضىٰ مَثَلُ الأَوَّلينَ(Irfan-ul-Quran)And We destroyed the people who were more powerful than these (disbelievers of Makka). And the annals of the bygone people have been cited (on many preceding occasions).