(Zukhuruf) 43 : 8
فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Then We destroyed the mightier ones than them, and the example of ancestors have already passed.
See explanation 6: 123-124; and 40: 82-85.