"Then have you become secure that He will not cause a portion of the land to swallow you," as He caused the people of Lot and Korah to be swallowed, "or send against you a storm of stones?" Qatadah said: Meaning, stones from the sky with which He pelted you, just as He did with the people of Lot, "and then you would not find for yourselves any protector," meaning: an obstacle or a helper.