The Quran

Preface

أَفَلَم يَرَوا إِلىٰ ما بَينَ أَيديهِم وَما خَلفَهُم مِنَ السَّماءِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ إِن نَشَأ نَخسِف بِهِمُ الأَرضَ أَو نُسقِط عَلَيهِم كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّماءِ ۚ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبدٍ مُنيبٍ

Yusuf Ali

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth?¹ If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow² them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them.³ Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to God (in repentance).

The men who walk in spiritual darkness and laugh at a Hereafter have but to observe the Power of God in the nature around them. He Who created the heavens and the earth and sustains them can surely make a new Creation! And the cosmic Laws which are so just and inevitable should surely give them an idea of the inexorable Justice that must redress all balance.
Cf. 16:45, and n. 2071. Who are these puny creatures?sceptics that question the might and majesty of God?
Cf. 26:187. this was actually a challenge hurled at Shu'ayb and a shower of ashes and cinders came from above and overwhelmed the challengers!