فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
English Translation
And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allah.
English Transliteration
FajaAAalnaha nakalan lima bayna yadayha wama khalfaha wamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeena
Tafsir of Verse 66
And We made it a punishment exemplary for all the former times and for the latter, and an admonition to such as are godfearing.
So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah.