كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
Kam ahlaknaa min qablihim min qarnin fanaadaw wa laata heena manaas
How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape.
How many a generation we destroyed before them — they cried out, but the time for escape was past.