and when a group of them said why do you counsel a people whom god will annihilate or punish with a severe punishment? they said as an excuse to your lord and so that they may become righteous.
وإذ قالت أمة منهم لم تعظون قوما الله مهلكهم أو معذبهم عذابا شديدا قالوا معذرة إلى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون