وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Wa laqad dalla qablahum aksarul awwaleen

And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-

— As-Saffah (ٱلصَّافَّات), 37:71