and never does your lord destroy towns until he sends a noble messenger to their principal town reciting our verses to them and we never destroy towns unless its people are unjust.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون