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Disbelieving Nations

their intelligence was marred; they failed to grasp even the
most obvious facts. With the power granted to them by
Allah-and thus, which could be taken back whenever He
willed-they opposed Allah and His messenger. In return,
they were cursed both in this world and on the Day of Rising:

That was ' Ad. They denied the Signs of their Lord and
disobeyed His Messengers and followed the command
of every obdurate tyrant. They were pursued by a curse
in the world and on the Day of Rising. Yes indeed! ' Ad
rejected their Lord, so away with ' Ad, the people of
Hud! (Surah Hud: 59-60)

Thamud

Allah sent the Prophet Salih to Thamud as His messenger.
Like all other messengers, the Prophet Salih called his people
to the truth, and reminded them about the fact that they had
been created, so that they could come to know the truth. Yet,
his people clung to their old ways. As related in the Qur' an:
Thamud denied the warnings. They said, "Are we to
follow a human being, one of us? Then we would truly
be misguided, quite insane! Has the Reminder been
given to him of all of us? No indeed! He is an impudent
liar." (Surat al-Qamar: 23-25)
Obviously, the Prophet' s possession of human qualities
was one of the justifications that misled them. Their deficient
rationale accepted obedience only to a supernatural being, an
angel for instance, or to someone who could bring about
miracles. Their overwhelming arrogance prevented them
from obeying another human being. This is why they spoke
ill of the messengers, and accused them of being liars.