The Family Of Imran - 3:11
Like the people of Pharaoh or those before them. They denied Our signs (revelations and miracles) and Allah caught them red-handed. Allah´s punishment is severe.
Examples of the destruction of the unbelieving people:
The Spider/29:36
"And to Median We sent their brother Shu´ayb. He said: "My people, serve Allah and seek the Last Day and do not make mischief in the earth."
وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۙ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَارْجُوا الْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ
The Spider/29:37
They denied him, so an earthquake seized them and they fell on their knees in their houses.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۘ
The Spider/29:38
Likewise Ad and Thamud. Their fate is evident to you from the places where they dwelt. Satan led them astray by making their deeds appear to them as adornment. Yet they were capable of seeing and understanding.
وَعَاداً وَثَمُودَا۬ وَقَدْ تَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ مِنْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ۠ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِ وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِر۪ينَۙ
The Spider/29:39
And Karun, Pharaoh and Haman. Moses had gone to them with clear proofs, but they were arrogant in the earth. They could not escape.
وَقَارُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مُوسٰى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا سَابِق۪ينَۚ
The Spider/29:40
And We seized them all with their sins. And We sent upon some of them a mad storm, and a terrible sound seized some of them, and We drove some of them into the earth and drowned some of them. It was not Allah who wronged them; they wronged themselves.
فَكُلاًّ اَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِه۪ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَـلَيْهِ حَـاصِباًۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَغْرَقْنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ