وَلَقَد جاءَهُم رَسولٌ مِنهُم فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ العَذابُ وَهُم ظالِمونَ

A messenger from themselves had come to them, but they denied him. So, the punishment seized them while they were wrongdoers.