Before them (were many who) rejected messengers,- the people of Nuh, and ‘Ad, and Fir’awn, the Lord of Stakes, and Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; – those were the companies. Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified. And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay. And they say [mockingly],
Rabbana ‘ajjil lana qittana qabla yawmi alhisab
“Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account.”