40. Each of them (of the communities mentioned) We seized in their sins. Of them are those upon whom We sent a hurricane (of stones), and of them are those whom the awful blast seized, and of them is him whom We caused to be swallowed by the earth, and of them those whom We caused to drown.¹³ God would never wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

13. Those upon whom God sent a hurricane of stones were the tribe of Ād, who were destroyed in  a sandstorm which lasted seven nights and eight days (7: 72; 11: 58; 23: 27; 26: 120; 69: 7), and the people of Lot, upon whom an evil rain of stones was sent (7: 84; 11: 82–83; 15: 73–74). Those whom the awful blast seized were the tribe of Thamūd (7: 78; 11: 67; 15: 83; 69: 6), and the peoples of Shu‘ayb (7: 91; 11: 94; 26: 189). The one whom God caused to be swallowed by the earth was Korah (28: 81), and those whom God caused to drown were the people of Noah (7: 64; 11: 42–44) and Pharaoh, Hāmān, and their hosts (10: 90; 20: 77–78; 26: 65–66).