77:16
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Transliteration:
Alam nuhliki al-awwaleena
Word by Word:
Did not We destroy the former (people)?
Translations:
Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days?
Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?
Destroyed We not the former folk,
Did We not destroy the former generations?
Did We not destroy the former peoples?