أَفَلَم يَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَيَنظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ دَمَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيهِم ۖ وَلِلكافِرينَ أَمثالُها

Didn’t they travel through the earth and observe the fate of those before them? God poured destruction upon them, and for the unbelievers is a similar fate.