and had we destroyed them with some punishment before the advent of a noble messenger they would have certainly said our lord why did you not send a noble messenger to us so we would have followed your signs before being humiliated and disgraced?
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى