Az-Zukhruf - 43:8

فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَى مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
[43:8]
Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).