13 Preface وَكَأَيِّن مِن قَريَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِن قَريَتِكَ الَّتي أَخرَجَتكَ أَهلَكناهُم فَلا ناصِرَ لَهُمYusuf AliAnd how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven thee out,1 have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none to aid them.A reference to Pagan Mecca, which drove out the Prophet because of his righteousness and because he preached Repentance. The date of this Sūra must therefore be after the Hijrat.