107 Preface أَفَأَمِنوا أَن تَأتِيَهُم غاشِيَةٌ مِن عَذابِ اللَّهِ أَو تَأتِيَهُمُ السّاعَةُ بَغتَةً وَهُم لا يَشعُرونَYusuf AliDo they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering veil1 of the wrath of God,- or of the coming against them of the (final) Hour all of a sudden2 while they perceive not?Ghāshiya = covering veil, pall; used for the Judgment to come, which will be so dark and appalling as to hide up all other and petty things, and be the one great reality for the souls that were slaves to evil.The metaphor is changed, from intensity of darkness to suddenness of time. It will come before they are aware of it. Let them not feel any sense of safety in sin (Cf. 43:66).