your lord would not destroy the towns until he had raised an apostle in their mother city to recite to them our signs. we would never destroy the towns except when their people were wrongdoers.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون