and we did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of allah. and if when they wronged themselves they had come to you and asked forgiveness of allah and the messenger had asked forgiveness for them they would have found allah accepting of repentance and merciful.
وما أرسلنا من رسول إلا ليطاع بإذن الله ولو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاءوك فاستغفروا الله واستغفر لهم الرسول لوجدوا الله توابا رحيما