An-Nahl - 16:47

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]?1 But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.2