yet thy lord never destroyed the cities until he sent in their mothercity a messenger to recite our signs unto them and we never destroyed the cities save that their inhabitants were evildoers.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون