وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ٨٠
The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:
15:81
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ٨١
We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.
15:82
وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ ٨٢
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
15:83
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ٨٣
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,
15:84
فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ٨٤
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!