17:16
وَاِذَٓا اَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْیَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفٖیهَا فَفَسَقُوا فٖیهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَیْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمٖیرًا
Waitha aradna an nuhlika qaryatan amarna mutrafeeha fafasaqoo feeha fahaqqa AAalayha alqawlu fadammarnaha tadmeeran
Translations
And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction
Saheeh International
And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation
Marmaduke Pickthall