ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاء الْقُرَى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ
[11:100]
This is an account of (the fate of) the towns which We relate to you; of them are some that stand and (others) mown down.
These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time).
That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were destroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of them are standing and some (already) reaped.