Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:8

43:8

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

— Saheeh International

so We have destroyed mightier people than [the disbelievers of Mecca] and their example has gone down in history.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these - and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknāThen We destroyed
أَشَدَّashaddastronger
مِنْهُمmin'humthan them
بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan(in) power
وَمَضَىٰwamaḍāand has passed
مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)