And when Our envoys brought Abraham the good news, they said, "We are going to destroy the people of this town; its people are wrongdoers."
He said, "Yet Lot is in it." They said, "We are well aware of who is in it. We will save him, and his family, except for his wife, who will remain behind."
Then, when Our envoys came to Lot, they were mistreated, and he was troubled and distressed on their account. They said, "Do not fear, nor grieve. We will save you and your family, except for your wife, who will remain behind."
"We will bring down upon the people of this town a scourge from heaven, because of their wickedness."
And We left behind a clear trace of it, for people who understand.
And to Median, their brother Shuaib. He said, "O my people, worship Allah and anticipate the Last Day, and do not spread corruption in the land."
But they rejected him, so the tremor overtook them, and they were left motionless in their homes.
And Aad and Thamood. It has become clear to you from their dwellings. Satan embellished for them their deeds, barring them from the path, even though they could see.
And Quaroon, and Pharaoh, and Hamaan—Moses went to them with clear arguments, but they acted arrogantly in the land. And they could not get ahead.
Each We seized by his sin. Against some We sent a sandstorm. Some were struck by the Blast. Some We caused the ground to cave in beneath them. And some We drowned. It was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who wronged their own selves.
