فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو𐻾لُوا بَقِیَّةٍ یَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِی الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَلٖیلًا مِمَّنْ اَنْجَیْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذٖینَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا فٖیهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِمٖینَ
Falawla kana mina alqurooni min qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi fee alardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhum waittabaAAa allatheena thalamoo ma otrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeena
Translations
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals
Saheeh International
If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty
Marmaduke Pickthall