A religious climate thus developed where people were inclined to meet the plague with surprising apathy and resignation, viewing it as a punishment from God himself.
وهكذا نما جو ديني مال فيه الناس الى مواجهة الطاعون بلامبالاة واستسلام مذهلَين ،‏ اذ اعتبروه عقابا من الله نفسه .‏