your lord did not destroy the people of the towns without first sending a messenger to the mother town who would recite his revelations to them. we did not want to destroy the towns if the people therein were not unjust.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون