Surah 7:94
"We have not sent any prophet to a town, except that We seized its people with violence and hardship, so that they might humble themselves."
After the series of stories, starting with Noah and ending with Shu‘ayb, the Quran seems to explain the lessons that the reader is to take from the stories.
- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam
Statements that characterize every prophet raise the question of the extent to which they correspond to the accounts of prophets in the Bible. See the analysis of categorical statements about prophets at 25.20.
- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam