A. Yusuf Ali:Translation:
Then sent We our messengers in succession: every
time there came to a people their messenger, they
accused him of falsehood: so We made them follow
each other (in punishment): We made them as a tale
(that is told): 2902 So away with a people that will
not believe!
2902 Their habitations and their organisation have been wiped out. What remains is merely a vague story of their existence, a tale that is told. Where their name remains, which is not always the case, it is only a byword, suggesting all that is unstable and ephemeral-"to point a moral and adorn a tale".