Surat Ibrahim (9-10)

{أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلاَّ اللّهُ جَاءتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرَدُّواْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَقَالُواْ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ وَإِنَّا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَنَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ} (إبراهيم : 9 )

9- Have not you heard the news of those who were before you with their prophets, such as: The people of Noah, the people of `Ad, the people of Thamud, and many others whose number and what happened to them are only known to Allah? Their messengers came to them with decisive evidence and clear miracles, but their people refused their call and did not accept it. Moreover, they said carelessly: We have disbelieved in what you came with and we doubt in the proofs which call us to faith.

{قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِي اللّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَـمًّى قَالُواْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَآؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ} (إبراهيم : 10 )

10- Their messengers said to them in denial to their disbelief and bad response: Do you doubt the existence of Allah and His Oneness while He had created the heavens, the earth, and all that in them such as the living, the plants, and inanimate. Sound nature and proofs also affirm this truth. Allah (Glory be to Him) calls you to His Religion to forgive your sins and bestow mercy upon you when He delays the torment from the time of your denial so as to hold yourselves accountable and reconsider your positions and repent.

Those disbelievers said to their messengers carelessly: You are only human beings like us and you have no excellence over any of us. You only aim to prevent us from following the religion of our ancestors, so bring to us a super miracle and proofs to your truthful call.