The Pilgrimage
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[22:42]
If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and ’Ad and Thamud;

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* V.42 : It is nothing new if the Prophet of Allah is accused of imposture. This was done in all ages; e.g., Noah (vii. 64); Hud the prophet of the ’Ad people (vii. 66); Salih the prophet of the Thamud (vii. 76); Abraham (xxi. 55); Lut (vii. 82); Shu’aib the prophet of the Madyan people (vii. 85) and also of the Companions of the Wood (xv. 78). The case of Moses is mentioned apart, as his people survived to the time of our Prophet and survive to the present, and they frequently rebelled against Moses (ii. 49-61).