And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example (43:8)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

They conceit themselves if they contemplate possession of control, power and authority. We did away with nations far mightier, prosecuted with activity and perseverance, whose diligence never wearied and We reduced them into a useless form; and so the fateful events of those of the distant past had served as a warning to those who follow

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

(43:8) We utterly destroyed them although they were greater in might than these. The examples of ancient peoples have gone before. *6

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example meaning

*6) That is, the result of the senselessness of some particular people could not be that the entire mankind should be deprived of the guidance of the Prophethood and the Book, but its result always has been that the worshippers of falsehood who, being drunk with the pride of power, did not desist from mocking the Prophets, were ultimately destroyed. When Allah's wrath descended even the people, who possessed thousands of times greater power than that possessed by the puny chiefs of the Quraish, were crushed to annihilation like mosquitoes and fleas.
 

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example meaning in Urdu

پھر جو لوگ اِن سے بدرجہا زیادہ طاقتور تھے اُنہیں ہم نے ہلاک کر دیا، پچھلی قوموں کی مثالیں گزر چکی ہیں