فَاسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوۡهُؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَوۡمًا فٰسِقِيۡنَ

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah]