Allah's law for the disbelievers

There is not a region to which We sent a prophet and did not inflict upon its people adversity and hardship so that they may submit.

But when We changed hardship to ease, and they rose and prospered, (they forgot Our favours) and said: "Our ancestors had also known suffering and joy." So We caught them unawares.

But if the people of these regions had believed and feared God, We would surely have showered on them blessings of the heavens and the earth; but they only denied, and We punished them for their deeds.

Are the people of the region so secure that they lie asleep unaware as Our punishment overtakes them?

Or, are the people of the towns so unafraid that (even when) Our retribution comes upon them in the hours of the morning they remain engrossed in sport and play?

Can they remain secure against the plan of God? Only they feel secure against the plan of God who are certain of being ruined.

Do not the people who inherited the earth from the (earlier) inhabitants perceive that We could afflict them too for their sins if We pleased, and put seals on their hearts that they may not hear (the voice of truth)?

These were the (earlier) habitations whose accounts We have given to you. Their apostles came with clear proofs, but they did not believe what they once denied. That is how God seals the hearts of those who do not believe.

We did not find many of them faithful to their promises, and found many of them disobedient.