A: In this great Ayah, Allah (Glorified be He) warns His Servants against feeling safe from His Mighty Scheme, Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allâh? None feels secure from the Plan of Allâh except the people who are the losers. The intended meaning here is to warn the Servants of Allah against feeling secure from the Plan of Allah by their persistence in sin and their negligence of His Right. However, what is meant by Allah's Scheme is that He grants them respite and gives them more affluence and good pleasant things, but they continue to disobey Him and transgress His Commands, thus they become deserving of being taken suddenly in punishment for willfully persisting in sin and disobedience while feeling secure and safe from Allah's Penalty and Wrath, as He (Glorified be He) says, We shall gradually seize them with punishment in ways they perceive not. And I respite them; certainly My Plan is strong. He (Glorified and Exalted be He) also says, And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they refused to believe therein for the first time, and We shall leave them in their trespass to wander blindly.

And So, when they forgot (the warning) with which they had been reminded, We opened for them the gates of every (pleasant) thing, until in the midst of their enjoyment in that which they were given, all of a sudden, We took them (in punishment), and lo! They were plunged into destruction with deep regrets and sorrows. This means that they despaired of any good. Therefore, Muslims must not despair of Allah's Mercy or feel safe from His Plan and Punishment; rather, every Muslim should walk to Allah in this transient worldly life with fear and hope. They must be mindful of His Might, and the severity of His Punishment for violating His Command; thus, they will fear Him and avoid His Punishment. At the same time, they must remember His Mercy, Pardon, Forgiveness, Generosity and Bounty; accordingly, they will expect good from Allah and be filled with hope of His bounty and Forgiveness. Allah is the One Who grants success, (Glorified be He); there is no deity or lord except Him.