Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said: A magician or a mad man.

Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am the messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.