Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 8

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ٨

fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

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