The Guiding Light — Page 456
S u rah ash-Shams, Chapter 91 456 sin, and levelled them to the ground. Ÿ ω u ρ ß ∃ $ s ƒ s † $ y γ≈ t 6 ø ) ã ã ∩∪ [91:16] And He cared not for the consequences thereof. Commentary When a people incur Divine punishment and are thus destroyed, God does not care for those who survive the destruction or for the utterly miserable state to which they are reduced. The verse may also be taken as containing a warning to the Makkans that if they behaved like the Tham u d, they will be punished like them.