Planned Evil

Do those who plot evil feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment will not come upon them from where they least expect?

16:45Are they who plan ill-deeds then secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the doom will not come on them whence they know not?

Or that He will not seize them while they go about their affairs, and they will have no escape?

16:46Or that He will not seize them in their going to and fro so that there be no escape for them?

Or that He will not take them gradually?

16:47Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.