the messengers whom we sent before you were mere men of the people of the towns. we gave them revelations. have they not travelled sufficiently through the land to see how terrible the end was of those who lived before. the next life is certainly better for the pious ones. will you not then take heed?
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