and had we destroyed them with a torment before it surely they would have said o our lord why sent not thou unto us an apostle that we might have followed thy signs before we were disgraced and humiliated.
ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولا أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى