Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility. 94 Thereafter We substituted ease in place of adversity until they abounded and said: even Thus tribulation and prosperity touched our fathers. Then We laid hold of them of a sudden, while they perceived not. 95 And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected, so We overtook them for what they had earned. 96 Did the people of the towns think themselves secure from Our wrath that could strike them at night during their sleep 97 Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play? 98 (In reply to your devising) do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? None feels secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation. 99