Surah An-Naml (The Ants), Verse 34

قَالَتْ اِنَّ الْمُلُوْكَ اِذَا دَخَلُوْا قَرْیَةً اَفْسَدُوْهَا وَجَعَلُوْۤا اَعِزَّةَ اَهْلِهَاۤ اَذِلَّةً وَكَذٰلِكَ یَفْعَلُوْنَ ۟

Qaalat innal mulooka izaa dakhaloo qaryatan afsadoohaa wa ja'alooo a'izzata ahlihaaa azillah; wa kazaalika yaf'aloon

“She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.”

Quran 27:34 (Yusuf Ali Translation)