Prophet Hud - 11:101 We did not wrong them, they wronged themselves. When the command of their Lord came, the gods they invoked besides Allah could not save them from anything. In fact, it only increased their loss.
Examples of societies that oppress themselves:
The Criterion/25:35 We gave Moses the Book and appointed his brother Aaron as his helper.
The Criterion/25:36 "We said, "Go, you two, to that people who rejected Our signs."Then We destroyed them."
The Poets/26:123 The people of Ad also denied the messengers.
The Poets/26:124 "Their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not act righteously?"
The Poets/26:135 I fear for you the punishment of a great day.
The Poets/26:136 "They said, "It is the same for us whether you give advice or not."
The Poets/26:137 This is the way of life followed by those before us.
The Poets/26:139 So they denied him. Finally We destroyed them. There is a lesson in this, but the majority do not believe.
The Stories/28:43 After We destroyed the first generations (the people of Noah, Hud, Salih, Lot and Shu´ayb), We gave Moses the Book as a guide and a mercy, enlightening the people, that they may take admonition.
The Spider/29:31 "When Our messengers came to Abraham with good news, he said, "We are about to destroy the people of this city (Sodom). For the people of that place have become unjust."
The Romans/30:9 Do they not travel through the earth and see how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than them, they cultivated the land and produced more than them. Their messengers had gone to them with clear proofs. It was not Allah who wronged them; they wronged themselves.
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:133 Lot was also one of the messengers.
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:134 We saved him and his family all together.
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:135 Except the old woman who remained behind.
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:136 Then We destroyed the others.
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:137 You are passing by its ruins; in the morning,
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:138 And at night. Do you not use your intellect?
Explained in Detail/41:15 "As for Ad, they were arrogant in the earth unjustly and said: "Who is stronger than us?"Do they not realize that Allah, Who created them, is stronger than them? They were willfully disbelieving in Our signs and miracles."
Explained in Detail/41:16 Finally, We sent upon them a strong wind on an inauspicious day to make them taste the humiliating torment in the life of this world, while the torment of the Hereafter is more humiliating and they will not be helped.
The Smoke/44:37 Are they better, or the people of Tubba´ and those before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty.
Muhammad/47:13 There were many countries more powerful than the country that brought you out, but We destroyed them and no one helped them.
The Letter Qaf/50:12 The people of Noah, the people of Res and Thamud had disbelieved before them.
The Letter Qaf/50:13 Ad, Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot.
The Letter Qaf/50:14 The people of Ayka and the people of Tubba´. They all denied the messengers. So My threat came true.
The Star/53:50 It is He who destroyed the ancient people of Ad,
The Star/53:51 He did not leave Semudu either,
The Star/53:52 And the people of Noah before him; they were very unjust and very unruly.
The Star/53:53 Those who were destroyed and submerged (Sodom and Gomorrah) were the most vulgar.
The Star/53:54 He who covered them covered them.
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