(42) And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us]. (43) Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing. (44) So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair. (45) So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

(123) And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

(4) And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon. (5) And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

(96) And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.

(52) [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and severe in penalty. (53) That is because Allah would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing. (54) [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.

(13) And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

(103) Then We will save our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers.

(101) And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin. (102) And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

(116) So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals. (88) Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers.

(110) [They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.

(32) And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

(78) And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers. (79) So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

(26) Those before them had already plotted, but Allah came at their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.

(16) And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction. (17) And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing.

(59) And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

(11) And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people. (12) And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it. (13) [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned. (14) They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers. (15) And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

(95) And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return.

(208) And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners. (209) As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.

(58) And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

(47) And We have already sent messengers before you to their peoples, and they came to them with clear evidences; then We took retribution from those who committed crimes, and incumbent upon Us was support of the believers.

(25) And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture. (26) Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

(50) And that He destroyed the first [people of] "Aad. (51) And Thamud - and He did not spare [them]. (52) And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing. (53) And the overturned towns He hurled down. (54) And covered them by that which He covered.