but your lord does not destroy habitations without having sent an apostle to their metropolis to read out our commandments to them. we would never have destroyed cities if their inhabitants were not given to wickedness.
وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون