when we decide to destroy a population we send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress so that the word is proved true against them then we destroy them utterly.
وإذا أردنا أن نهلك قرية أمرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرناها تدميرا