﴿ لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴾

“LET IT NOT deceive thee that those who are bent on denying the truth seem to be able to do as they please on earth:”

(Let not the vicissitude (of the success) of those who disbelieve, in the land, deceive thee�) [3:196]. This was revealed about the idolaters of Mecca. This is because they were living in comfort and ease, trading and enjoying themselves which led one believer to comment: �The enemies of Allah are enjoying that which we see of goodly life while we are dying of hunger and toil�, and as a result this verse was revealed.