Surah An-Nahl, Verse 47

أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٌ٤٧

aw yakhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa-inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun

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