He also says:
“Who, then, is more unjust than one who fabricates a lie against Allah to lead people astray without knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.” ⦗Al-Anʿam 6:144⦘

Whoever fits that description is one whom Allah despises, detests, and punishes, and his power can never last. Rather, he is just as the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said in the sound narration reported by Abu Hurayrah:

“Allah gives the wrongdoer respite, but when He finally seizes him He never lets him escape.”

He then recited:
“Such is the grasp of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong; His grasp is truly painful, severe.” ⦗Hud 11:102⦘

He likewise said, in another rigorously authentic hadith from Abu Musa:
“The likeness of the believer is that of a tender shoot of grain: the winds sway it—straightening it at times and bending it at others; and the likeness of …”