Az-Zukhruf 43:54

Fastakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohuinnahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen

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

Thus he made fool of his people, and they obeyed him. Surely they were a sinful people.