﴿ أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٍۢ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصْحَٰبِ مَدْيَنَ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴾

“Have, then, the stories of those who preceded them never come within the ken of these [hypocrites and deniers of the truth]?-[the stories] of Noah's people, and of [the tribes of] `Ad and Thamud, and of Abraham's people, and of the folk of Madyan, and of the cities that were overthrown? To [all of] them their apostles had come with all evidence of the truth. [but they rejected them:] and so it was not God who wronged them [by His punishment], but it was they who wronged themselves.”

ألم يأت هؤلاء المنافقين خبرُ الذين مضوا مِن قوم نوح وقبيلة عاد وقبيلة ثمود وقوم إبراهيم وأصحاب (مدين) وقوم لوط عندما جاءهم المرسلون بالوحي وبآيات الله فكذَّبوهم؟ فأنزل الله بهؤلاء جميعًا عذابه؛ انتقامًا منهم لسوء عملهم، فما كان الله ليظلمهم، ولكن كانوا هم الظالمين لأنفسهم بالتكذيب والمخالفة.