had we destroyed them with a torment before the coming of muhammad they would have said lord would that you had sent us a messengers so that we could have followed your revelations before being humiliated and disgraced.
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى