When the messengers came to 'Ad and Thamud, following one another consecutively, commanding them with the worship of Allah alone no partner for Him, they said to their messengers: "Had our Lord willed that we unify Him and not worship from instead of Him any thing other than Him, He would have surely sent down to us angels from the heaven as messengers with what you call us to, and He did not send you while you are humans like us, for indeed we are in what Allah sent you with it to us of the faith in Allah alone rejecters."