And follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes to you suddenly when you do not even expect,

lest someone should say, “Pity on me, because I fell short in respect of (observing the rights of) Allah and in fact, I was one of those who mocked”,

or, (lest) someone should say, “If Allah were to show me the way, I would have surely been among those who fear Allah”,