Surah As-Saffah (Those Angels Lines up in Ranks), Verse 71

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ اَكْثَرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟

Wa laqad dalla qablahum aksarul awwaleen

“And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-”

Quran 37:71 (Yusuf Ali Translation)