had the people of those towns believed in and feared god we would have showered upon them blessings from heaven and earth but they rejected the truth. so we seized them on account of their misdeeds.
ولو أن أهل القرى آمنوا واتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركات من السماء والأرض ولكن كذبوا فأخذناهم بما كانوا يكسبون