And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.