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ʾa-fa-ʾaminū ʾan taʾtiyahum ghāshiyatun min ʿadhābi llāhi ʾaw taʾtiyahumu s-sāʿatu baghtatan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna
Do they feel secure from being overtaken by a blanket punishment from Allah, or being overtaken by the Hour, suddenly, while they are unaware?
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Yusuf – Verse 107
107. “Do they then feel secure from the enveloping punishment coming upon them from Allah, or the coming of the Hour suddenly, while they are unaware?”
The Qur’anic noble term /qašiyah/ means a punishment that encompasses the entire society or each individual. In this verse, Allah issues a warning to all those who have not yet accepted the faith, and who pass by clear Divine signs and heedlessly overlook it. Such people are polytheists in their deeds and should not consider themselves safe and secure from the all-encompassing Divine penalty which will suddenly be inflicted upon them. The verse says:
“Do they then feel secure from the enveloping punishment coming upon them from Allah...”
The Day of Judgment will suddenly arrive and the Divine great court of justice will be established in order to settle their accounts while they are unaware and ignorant about it. The Divine punishment is all encompassing and there is no possibility for escape, yet they behave as if they were secure from all this. The verse continues saying:
“…or the coming of the Hour suddenly, while they are unaware?”