and if we had inflicted on them a penalty before this they would have said our lord! if only thou hadst sent us a messenger we should certainly have followed thy signs before we were humbled and put to shame.
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى