when some of them asked why do you admonish a people whom god is going to destroy or to afflict with a severe punishment? they answered in order to be free from blame before your lord and that they may perhaps fear him.
وإذ قالت أمة منهم لم تعظون قوما الله مهلكهم أو معذبهم عذابا شديدا قالوا معذرة إلى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون