Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 8

فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

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