Surah Al-Hijr (The Stone Valley), Verse 4

وَمَاۤ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْیَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ ۟

Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'loom

“Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.”

Quran 15:4 (Yusuf Ali Translation)