وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
We have also destroyed other towns that once [flourished] around you, We had given them various signs so that they might return [to the right path]
Author: Wahiduddin Khan