Kur’an 38:3 — sura Sad, 3. ajet

كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ

Koliko smo Mi naroda prije njih uništili. I oni su za pomoć vapili, ali je bilo kasno!

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape