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ut how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed?
Can you find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whis-
per of them? (Surah Maryam: 98)
Man is on earth to be tested. Throughout history, the pure mes-
sages and the revelations of Allah communicated to people by His mes-
sengers provided guidance for mankind. These messengers and books
always summoned man to the right path, the path of Allah. Today, the last
book of Allah, His only unaltered revelation to mankind is available: the
Qur'an.
In the Qur'an, Allah informs us that He showed the right path to all peo-
ple throughout world history and warned them through His messengers of
the day of judgement and hell. However, a majority of these people
denounced the prophets sent to them and showed animosity towards
them. Because of their arrogance, they brought Allah's wrath down upon
themselves and were quite suddenly wiped off the face of the earth. The
relevant verse follows:

As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a gen-
eration between them. To each one, We set forth parables and examples; and
each one We broke to utter annihilation (for their wrong actions). And the
(disbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on which was rained a
shower of evil: did they not then see it (with their own eyes)? But they fear
not the Resurrection. (Surat al-Furqan: 38-40)

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