and never will your lord destroy the towns until he sends to their mother town a messenger reciting to them our ayat. and never would we destroy the towns unless the people thereof are wrongdoers.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون