And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].
English Transliteration
Walaqad ahlakna mahawlakum mina alqura wasarrafna alayati laAAallahum yarjiAAoona
Tafsir of Verse 27
And We destroyed the cities about you, and We turned about the signs, that haply they would return.
We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).