Warning to the Meccan disbelievers

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Thamūd denied the messengers

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.