all the messengers we sent before you were human beings to whom we made revelations they were men chosen from the people of their towns. did they not travel across the earth and see the end of those before them? those who are mindful of god prefer the life to come. will you not then understand?
وما أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم من أهل القرى أفلم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم ولدار الآخرة خير للذين اتقوا أفلا تعقلون