وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanat thalimatan waansha/na baAAdaha qawman akhareena
And how many We (have) shattered of a town (that) was unjust, and We produced after them another people.
For, how many a community that persisted in evildoing have We dashed into fragments, and raised another people in its stead!
How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!
And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish, and We raised up after it another people!
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.