26. Shuara · verses 136–139

قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ

Qaloo sawaon AAalayna awaAAathta am lam takun mina alwaAAitheena

They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

In hatha illa khuluqu alawwaleena

"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Wama nahnu bimuAAaththabeena

"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

Fakaththaboohu faahlaknahum inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mumineena

So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.