وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'loom

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

— Al-Hijr (ٱلْحِجْر), 15:4