Many people do not know Allah. This series (1-56) is an attempt to help them to know their Creator.

Verses 7:97-100 of the Noble Quran talk about: 1) Do the Disbelievers feel secure from the coming of Allah's chastisement? 2) None deems himself secure from Allah's punishment save the disbelievers, the losers, 3) Who does Allah seal up their hearts? And 4) None deems himself secure from Allah's scheme and punishment save the disbelievers, the losers, 5) Allah says: does not the destruction of the ancient nations help the deniers to believe? And 6) the Quran is the first book that talks about the difference in the time on the earth.

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The meaning of verse 7:97

Do the people of the townships, the deniers, feel secure from the coming of Allah's wrath, Allah's might, Allah's chastisement, upon them as a night-raid while they are sleeping? And are completely unaware of it?

The meaning of verse 7:98

Or, the people of the townships, the deniers, feel secure from the coming of Allah's wrath, Allah's might, Allah's chastisement, upon them in the daytime while they are playing? Playing herein may be literally used or as they are engaging in falsehood.

This verse talks about the coming Allah's chastisement.  It is said that Allah's chastisement will come at a specific time.  At such a specific time, we know that the time in half of the earth is day time while the time in the other half of the earth is night time.  The disbelievers are in the two halves.

So, when Allah's chastisement comes, the disbelievers are either in day time or in night time.

It is a miracle of the Noble Quran to speak out about the difference in the time on the earth at a specific hour in which Allah's chastisement shall come.

This scientific fact has been discovered after the revelation of the Noble Quran by more than 1200 years.

Consequently, it is likely to assume that the Quran is the first book on the earth that talks about the difference in the time on the earth at a specific hour

The meaning of verse 7:99

And so do they feel secure from Allah's plotting?, from Allah's scheming? that is, His drawing them on by degrees, through graces, and then seizing them suddenly. None feels secure from Allah's scheming but the people who are losers, disbelievers; None deems himself secure from Allah's scheme and punishment save the disbelievers

The meaning of verse 7:100

Is it not an indication, is it not clear to those who inherit the land after the destruction of its people that, if He will, Allah can smite them, punish them for their sins as He punished many nations before them; and seals their hearts so that they do not hear the messages of guidance and do not believe in Muhammad or the Quran?

In other words, the verse says:

Has it not been shown, [has it not] become clear, to those who inherit the earth, as a [place of] habitation, after, the destruction of, those who inhabited it that, if Allah will, He could smite them, with chastisement, for their sins?, as He smote those before them?

And, Allah seals up their hearts so that they do not hear, the admonition, in a way so as to reflect.

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Verses 7:97-100 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

Verse 7:97

QARIB: do the inhabitants of the villages feel secure from our might coming to them at night whilst they sleep?

SHAKIR: what! do the people of the towns then feel secure from our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?

PICKTHAL: are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?

YUSUFALI: did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of our wrath by night while they were asleep?

Verse 7:98

QARIB: or do the inhabitants of the villages feel secure from our might coming to them in the midmorning while they play?

SHAKIR: what! do the people of the towns feel secure from our punishment coming to them in the morning while they play?

PICKTHAL: or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play?

YUSUFALI: or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?

Verse 7:99

QARIB: (in reply to your devising) do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? none feels secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation.

SHAKIR: what! do they then feel secure from Allah's plan? but none feels secure from Allah's plan except the people who shall perish

PICKTHAL: are they then secure from Allah's scheme? none deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish.

YUSUFALI: did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah?- but no one can feel secure from the plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!

Verse 7:100

QARIB: is it not plain to those who inherit the earth after its inhabitants that if we willed we could smite them for their sins and set a seal upon their hearts, so that they do not hear.

SHAKIR: is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its (former) residents that if we please we would afflict them on account of their faults and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear

PICKTHAL: is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its people (who thus reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if we will, we can smite them for their sins and print upon their hearts so that they hear not?

YUSUFALI: to those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if we so willed, we could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?