whenever we sent a prophet to a town we afflicted its people with suffering and adversity so that they might humble themselves and then we changed their hardship into ease until they grew affluent and said our fathers had also experienced adversity and prosperity then we seized them suddenly unawares.
وما أرسلنا في قرية من نبي إلا أخذنا أهلها بالبأساء والضراء لعلهم يضرعون ثم بدلنا مكان السيئة الحسنة حتى عفوا وقالوا قد مس آباءنا الضراء والسراء فأخذناهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون