(Egotistic Defiance: A Human Trait)
Have you not heard about those before you – the people of Noah, `Ãd, Thamoud, and others who came after them and known only to God? Their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they treated them with contempt and said, “We disbelieve in what you are sent with. We are skeptical about your message; full of doubt.”
أَلَم يَأتِكُم نَبَؤُا۟ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكُم قَومِ نوحٍ وَعادٍ وَثَمودَ وَالَّذينَ مِن بَعدِهِم لا يَعلَمُهُم إِلَّا اللَّهُ جاءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّنٰتِ فَرَدّوا أَيدِيَهُم فى أَفوٰهِهِم وَقالوا إِنّا كَفَرنا بِما أُرسِلتُم بِهِ وَإِنّا لَفى شَكٍّ مِمّا تَدعونَنا إِلَيهِ مُريبٍ
alam ya’tikum naba’ul lazeena min qablikum qawmi Noohinw wa ‘Aadinw wa Samood, wallazeena mim ba’dihim; laa ya’lamuhum illallaah; jaaa’at hum Rusuluhum bilbaiyinaati faraddooo aydiyahum feee afwaahihim wa qaalooo innaa kafarnaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee wa innaa lafee shakkim mimmaa tad’oonanaaa ilaihi mureeb