Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Sand-Hills), Verse 27

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرٰی وَصَرَّفْنَا الْاٰیٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُوْنَ ۟

Wa laqad ahlaknaa ma hawlakum minal quraa wa sarrafnal Aayaati la'allahum yarji'oon

“We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).”

Quran 46:27 (Yusuf Ali Translation)