and had we destroyed them with chastisement before this they would certainly have said o our lord! why didst thou not send to us an apostle for then we should have followed thy communications before that we met disgrace and shame.
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى