nor did your lord destroy the villages until he had sent a messenger to its mother village reciting to them our verses. we never destroyed villages unless their inhabitants were harmdoers.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون