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Do they feel secure, those who have schemed evil, schemes against the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" at the Council Assembly, [schemes] such as detaining him, killing him or banishing him, as mentioned in [sūrat] al-Anfāl [Q. 8:30], that Allahu ta’ālā will not cause the earth to swallow them, as [Allahu ta’ālā did] with Qārūn [Q. 28:81], or that the chastisement will not come upon them whence they are not aware of?, that is, in a way which would not occur to them. Indeed, they were destroyed at Badr even though they had never anticipated it.