102 Preface وَكَذٰلِكَ أَخذُ رَبِّكَ إِذا أَخَذَ القُرىٰ وَهِيَ ظالِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخذَهُ أَليمٌ شَديدٌAli Quli QaraiSuch is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the townships that are wrongdoing. Indeed His seizing is painful, severe.