Surah Sad, Verse 3

كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ٣

kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin

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