Quran 37:168

If we had the account of earlier people with us,

‘Had we possessed a Reminder from our predecessors,

“If we had some advice from the earlier generations,” –

'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients,

"If that we had a reminder from the former (people),

Had we but an admonition as had the ancients.

"If we had a reminder as had the men of old (before the coming of Prophet Muhammad SAW as a Messenger of Allah).

“If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people of yore

"Had we received guidance from the people living before us,

Had we a reminder from those of yore,

If we had but a reminder from the men of old

'If only we had a reminder from the ancients,

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

“Had we received advice from the ancients.

"If we had had with us a Book like that of the people of old,

"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,