On the contrary...
On the contrary, there are some fleeting things in the senses of blessing, plurality of good and its multiplication. Blessings include both material and spiritual bounties, like blessings in lifetimes, in knowledge, and in books.
The verse says: “And if the people of the towns had believed and kept from evil, We would have certainly opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth…” It implies that if the people of the towns, who were destroyed because of denial and disobedience, had testified the Divine prophets and had avoided polytheism and sinning, Allah would have bestowed upon them the increasing blessings from the heaven and the earth by means of rain and abundance of plants and fruits.
Noah also promised his people if they believed, the blessings of heaven would be sent down unto them. Some commentators say that blessings of the heaven, mentioned in this holy verse, refer to the supplications which are answered, and the blessings of the earth are the fulfilment of the requests.
The verse continues saying: “…but they belied; so We seized them for what they used to earn.” That is, they rejected the divine prophets, and Allah punished them for the recompense of their disobediences, oppositions, and belying the prophets by ceasing rain from them, and, consequently, the blessings of the earth were restrained from them.
do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment coming upon them in daylight while they are playing?” It questions whether the people of towns, who reject the prophets, are secure from the punishment of Allah when it comes down upon them while they are asleep at night, the same as it befell upon the former people. The verse says: “What!
do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment coming upon them by night while they are sleeping?” Again, it questions whether the people of towns are secure from the punishment of Allah when it seizes them at the day time while they are busy doing some vain affairs. The verse says: “What!