Rejection of messengers and divine guidance

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Thamūd denied the messengers