Muhammad Habib Shakir: Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
M.Pickthall: Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).
Amatul Rahmân Omer: Look! We destroyed those who were stronger than these (Makkans) in valour, and the example of the former peoples has already gone before. (So how can they escape meeting the same fate?)
