Seized with Poverty

Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its people with hardship and adversity, so they might humble themselves.

7:94And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.

Then We replaced hardship with ease, until they prospered and said, “Our forefathers also faced hardship and ease.” Then We seized them suddenly, while they were unaware.

7:95Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when they perceived not.

Had the people of the towns believed and been mindful, We would have showered blessings upon them from the heavens and the earth. But they rejected the truth, so We seized them for what they had earned.

7:96And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they used to earn.