if we had destroyed them with a punishment before this they would have surely said our lord why did you not send to us a messenger so that we might have followed your commandment before we were humiliated and disgraced?
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى