47 Preface قُل أَرَأَيتَكُم إِن أَتاكُم عَذابُ اللَّهِ بَغتَةً أَو جَهرَةً هَل يُهلَكُ إِلَّا القَومُ الظّالِمونَYusuf AliSay: “Think ye, if the punishment of God comes to you, whether suddenly or openly,1 will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?Suddenly = without warning. Openly - with many warnings, even to the sinners, though they heed them not. As to those who understand and read the signs of God, they could always tell that all wrongdoing must eventually have its punishment But it will affect the wrongdoers, not the righteous. It is justice, not revenge.