وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
And how many a generation before them We destroyed, who were stronger than them in force, and so they bored through the lands—was there any escape?
Roots in this verse: ه ل ك (hlk), ق ب ل (qbl), ق ر ن (qrn), ش د د ($dd), ب ط ش (bT$), ن ق ب (nqb), ب ل د (bld), ح ي ص (HyS)