It is narrated from Hazrat Qurrah that he says: I heard Hasan say: { ظَہَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِی الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا کَسَبَتْ أَیْدِی النَّاسِ } said: Allah Almighty, because of their sins and because of their evil deeds, caused corruption to spread for them on dry and wet land, so that they might return, that is, so that those who come after them may turn back.