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YUSUFALI : So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.

PICKTHAL : Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).

SHAKIR : Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,

M& HILALI : Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these, and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them).