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