Surah Al Anbiya Tafseer

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً

How many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed,

meaning, they were very many.

This is like the Ayah:

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ

And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! (17:17)

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا

And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing, so that it lie in ruins. (22:45)

وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا اخَرِينَ

and raised up after them another people!

means, another nation which came after them