42 Preface وَإِن يُكَذِّبوكَ فَقَد كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ وَعادٌ وَثَمودُYusuf AliIf they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their prophets),-1 the People of Noah, and ‘Ād and Thamūd;It is nothing new if the Prophet of God is accused of imposture. This was done in all ages: e.g., Noah (7:64); Hud the prophet of the ‘Ād people (7:66); Ṣālih prophet of Thamūd (7:76); Abraham (21:55); Lut (7:82); Shu'aib the prophet of the Madyan people (7:85) and also of the Companions of the Wood (15:78). 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 (2:49-61).