وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَٰثٗا وَرِءۡيٗا

Wa kam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum ahsanu asaasanw wa ri'yaa

But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

— Maryam (مَرْيَم), 19:74