القصص — Al-Qasas Ayat 78
قَالَ اِنَّمَآ اُوْتِيْتُهٗ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عِنْدِيْۗ اَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ اَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مَنْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَّاَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا ۗوَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذُنُوْبِهِمُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ
Qāla innamā ūtītuhū ‘alā ‘ilmin ‘indī, awalam ya‘lam annallāha qad ahlaka min qablihī minal-qurūni man huwa asyaddu minhu quwwataw wa akṡaru jam‘ā(n), wa lā yus'alu ‘an żunūbihimul-mujrimūn(a).
"He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked."