Al-Múminún 23:82 قالوا ااذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظاما اانا لمبعوثون ٨٢

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ

(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying:

فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

(but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to Him