6117 For "Lord of Stakes", see
38:12, n. 4160. For Pharaoh's arrogance and his fall, see
20:43, 78-79. The three examples given, 'Ad, Thamud, and Pharaoh, show that neither nations nor individuals, however mighty, prosperous, or firmly established they may be, can live if they transgress the Law of Allah. The Law of Allah, which is also the law of the higher nature which He has bestowed on us, made them in the first place great and glorious: when they fell from it and "heaped mischief on mischief, they were swept away.