الحجر — Al-Hijr Ayat 24

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِيْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِيْنَ

Wa laqad ‘alimnal-mustaqdimīna minkum wa laqad ‘alimnal-musta'khirīn(a).

"And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]."