( وسكنتم ) في الدنيا ( في مساكن الذين ظلموا أنفسهم ) بالكفر والعصيان قوم نوح ، وعاد ، وثمود ، وغيرهم . ( وتبين لكم كيف فعلنا بهم ) أي : عرفتم عقوبتنا إياهم ( وضربنا لكم الأمثال ) أي : بينا أن مثلكم كمثلهم .
You took residence in the living spaces of previous nations, who before you had wronged themselves by disbelieving in Allah, such as the nations of Hūd and Ṣāliḥ. The destruction I caused to befall them was made clear to you. We also gave you examples in the book of Allah so that you would be warned, but you did not take them as a warning.