Al-Qamar 54:23

<h2>The Story of Thamud</h2><p>Allah states here that the people of Thamud denied their Messenger Salih,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَراً مِّنَّا وَحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّآ إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ وَسُعُرٍ </div><p>(And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!") They said, `We would have earned failure and loss if we all submitted to a man from among us.' They were amazed that the Reminder was sent to him alone among them, and therefore, accused him of being a liar,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ</div><p>(Nay, he is an insolent liar!), means, he has tresspassed the limits in his lies. Allah the Exalted responded,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ </div><p>(Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!), thus warning and threatening them and delivering a sure promise to them,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِنَّا مُرْسِلُواْ النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ</div><p>(Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them.) To test and try the people of Thamud, Allah sent to them a superb, pregnant female camel that emerged from solid rock, according to their request, so that it would become a proof against them from Allah, the Exalted. Thereafter, they were …

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

Thamood rejected the warnings.