And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwâ
(piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven
and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment)
for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes). (96) Did the people of the
towns then feel secure against the coming of Our Punishment by night while they
are asleep? (97) Or, did the people of the towns then feel secure against the
coming of Our Punishment in the forenoon while they were playing? (98) Did they then feel
secure against the Plan of Allâh? None feels secure from the Plan of Allâh
except the people who are the losers. (99) Is it not clear to those who inherit
the earth in succession from its (previous) possessors, that had We willed, We
would have punished them for their sins. And We seal up their hearts so that
they hear not? (100) Those were the towns whose story We relate unto you (O Muhammad
SAW). And there came indeed to them their Messengers with clear proofs, but
they were not such as to believe in that which they had rejected before. Thus
Allâh does seal up the hearts of the disbelievers (from every kind of religious
guidance) (101) And most of them We found not true to their covenant, but most
of them We found indeed Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). (102) Then after them We
sent Mûsa (Moses) with Our Signs to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs, but they
wrongfully rejected them. So see how was the end of the Mufsidûn (mischief-makers,
corrupters). (103) And Mûsa (Moses) said: "O Fir'aun (Pharaoh)! Verily I am a
Messenger from the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists). (104)