Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 8
Quran 43:8 · The Ornaments of Gold · Makki · Para 25 · Page 489
فَاَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّمَضٰی مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen
Saheeh International
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
I destroyed those who were mightier than those nations, so we not incapable of destroying those who are weaker than them. The description of the destruction of the previous nations has passed in the Qur’ān, such as the Ad, Thamud, nation of Lot and the people of Madyan.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 43:1–43:8 together — read it on 43:1