had we destroyed them with a punishment before this they would have said our lord why did you not send us a messenger so that we could have followed your verses before we were humiliated and degraded
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى