45أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَخسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الأَرضَ أَو يَأتِيَهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لا يَشعُرونَN. J. DawoodAre those who plot evil so certain that God will not cause the earth to cave in beneath them, or that the scourge will not descend on them whence they know not?