When the Holy Qur’an tells us about something, it gives it universality in expression and consequences:

 {الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ (11) فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ (12) فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ }

([All of] whom oppressed within the lands. (11) And increased therein the corruption. (12) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment. (13))

Oppression means exceeding the limits and everything has a due measure. Hence, when it is over the limits then it becomes an aggression. However, wherever there is an oppressor there is an oppressed and wherever there is exploitation there is an exploited.

Therefore, transgression is a kind of compound corruption because when the weak is left without any help then this is an oppression. As for that nations when they reached that degree of rebellion, transgression and corruption which required their destruction, Allah (swt) sent them a severe punishment and seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.