And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and (10:13)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

Destruction and death of generations that preceded in order of time were events you people must have heard of. They were wrongful of actions. They received Messengers as spectacles and warnings but they refused to give credence to their messages and to the divine enlightenment, thus do We requite the wicked

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(10:13) Surely We destroyed the nations (which had risen to heights of glory in their times) before you *16 when they indulged in wrong-doing *17 and refused to believe even when their Messengers brought clear signs to them. Thus do We recompense the people who are guilty.

And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and meaning

*16). In Arabic, the word qarn, which occurs in the above verse, usually denotes 'the people of a given age'. However, the word in its several usages in the Qur'an, connotes a 'nation' which, wielded in its heyday, whether fully or partially, the reins of world leadership. When it is said that a certain nation was 'destroyed' this does not necessarily mean its total annihilation. When any such nation suffers the loss of its ascendancy and leadership, when its culture and civilization become extinct, when its identity is effaced, in fact, when such a nation disintegrates and its component pans become assimilated into other nations, then it is fair to say that it has suffered destruction.
*17). The expression zulm (wrong-doing, injustice) in the above verse has not been used in the limited sense in which it is generally used. Instead, here the word embraces the whole range of sins which consists of man exceeding the limits of service and obedience to God. (For further explanation see Towards Understanding the Qur'an, vol. I, al-Baqarah, 2, n. 49, p. 64 - Ed.)
 

And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and meaning in Urdu

لوگو، تم سے پہلے کی قوموں کو (جو اپنے اپنے زمانہ میں برسر عروج تھیں) ہم نے ہلاک کر دیا جب انہوں نے ظلم کی روش اختیار کی اور اُن کے رسُول اُن کے پاس کھُلی کھُلی نشانیاں لے کر آئے اور انہوں نے ایمان لا کر ہی نہ دیا اس طرح ہم مجرموں کو ان کے جرائم کا بدلہ دیا کرتے ہیں