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Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God],

and then We changed their hardship into prosperity, until they multiplied. But then they said, ‘Hardship and affluence also befell our forefathers,’ and so We took them suddenly, unawares.

If the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of God, We would have showered them with blessings from the heavens and earth, but they rejected the truth and so We punished them for their misdeeds.

Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?

Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by day, while they are at play?

Do they feel secure against God’s plan? Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan.