Az Zukhruf, 56 Ayah

43:56

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٥٦

Faja`alnāhum Salafāan Wa Mathalāan Lil'ākhirīna

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.