Rejected

They said, “You are merely one of those bewitched.

26:153They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

They said, “We see bad omens in you and those with you.” He said, “Your fate is with Allah, you are a people being tested.”

27:47They said: We augur evil of thee and those with thee. He said: Your evil augury is with Allah. Nay, but ye are folk that are being tested.

In the city were nine men who spread corruption and never sought reform.

27:48And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and reformed not.

They said, “Swear by Allah that we will ambush him and his family by night, then tell his heirs, ‘We did not witness his murder,’ and we will be truthful.”

27:49They said: Swear one to another by Allah that we verily will attack him and his household by night, and afterward we will surely say unto his friend: We witnessed not the destruction of his household. And lo! we are truthtellers.