أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٣١
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them1 will not return?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., to those living presently in the world.
Each word's meaning and sound
Did these people who deny and ridicule the messengers not see a lesson in those nations who preceded them? They passed away and did not return to the world a second time. Rather they met the actions they had sent ahead and Allah will recompense them for that.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran