43:8We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.

43:24He would say, “Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your parents following?” They would say, “We reject what you are sent with.”

43:32Is it they who allocate the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have allocated their livelihood in this life, and We elevated some of them in rank above others, that some of them would take others in service. But your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.

43:48Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.

43:52Am I not better than this miserable wretch, who can barely express himself?