Quran 43:8

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡہُم بَطۡشً۬ا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

Consequently, we annihilated people who were even more powerful than these. We thus set the examples from the previous communities.