and if we had destroyed them with a torment before this they would surely have said our lord! if only you had sent us a messenger we should certainly have followed your ayat 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