Quran 11:116 from Surah Hud on Divine Marvels.
فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُوْلُواْ بَقِيَّةٖ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَيۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَآ أُتۡرِفُواْ فِيهِ وَكَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ
English translation: So why not had been of the generations before you before you those possessing a remnant those possessing a remnant forbidding from the corruption in the earth except a few of those We saved among them But followed those who did wrong what luxury they were given therein and they were criminals
Transliteration: falawla kana mina al-quruni min qablikum ulu baqiyyatin yanhawna ani al-fasadi fi al-ardi illa qalilan mimman anjayna min'hum wa-ittaba'a alladhina zalamu ma ut'rifu fihi wakanu muj'rimina