27 Preface وَلَقَد أَهلَكنا ما حَولَكُم مِنَ القُرىٰ وَصَرَّفنَا الآياتِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَYusuf AliWe destroyed aforetime populations round about you;1 and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us). In Arabian history and tradition alone, to say nothing of God’s Signs elsewhere, sin inevitably suffered its Punishment, and in various ways. Would not the later people take warning?