فَلَوۡلَا

كَانَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡقُرُونِ

مِن

قَبۡلِكُمۡ

أُوْلُواْ

بَقِيَّةٖ

يَنۡهَوۡنَ

عَنِ

ٱلۡفَسَادِ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

إِلَّا

قَلِيلٗا

مِّمَّنۡ

أَنجَيۡنَا

مِنۡهُمۡۗ

وَٱتَّبَعَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ظَلَمُواْ

مَآ

أُتۡرِفُواْ

فِيهِ

وَكَانُواْ

مُجۡرِمِينَ

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Then, why is it that there were no people, among the generations before you, who would have enough remnants of wisdom to stop others from creating disorder in the land, except a few among them whom We saved (from Our punishment)? And the wrongdoers pursued the luxuries they were involved in, and they became sinners.