فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleen

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.