and if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it they would assuredly have said our lord! if only thou hadst sent unto us a messenger so that we might have followed thy revelations before we were humbled and disgraced!
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى