Surat Yusuf (108-109)

{قُلْ هَذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَاْ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِي وَسُبْحَانَ اللّهِ وَمَا أَنَاْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ} (يوسف : 108)

108- O Prophet, say to people: Faith and monotheism which I call you to is the straight path which has no doubt. Indeed, I am guided through the revelation which Allah sends down to me, and I and those who follow me are sure of that. We shall not leave this straight path, and we glorify Allah and attribute no defect to Him. Moreover, I do not associate any partner with Him in worship and I dedicate my actions, my Salah, acts of worship, my life and death to Allah alone.

{وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَى أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَدَارُ الآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ اتَّقَواْ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ} (يوسف : 109)

109- We have not sent before you messengers in the form of women or angels, but men to whom We revealed as We revealed to you from the citizens of cities because they are more knowledgeable and more forbearing and kind.

Do not those lairs walk on earth to see with their eyes the traces of ancient people or ask people or read history to see the destination of those who belied the messengers and how did Allah destroy them because of their denial and insistence on disbelief?

Indeed, the everlasting abode of the Hereafter and Paradise with its blessings are better for those who obey Allah than the temporary world and its concerns; do not you take a heed and reflect on Allah's Punishment to past nations to distinguish right from wrong and prefer the everlasting to what is temporary?