If We had destroyed them by some calamity sooner than this, they would have surely said: "O Lord, if You had sent to us a messenger we would have followed Your command before being humbled and disgraced."
و اگر ما آنان را قبل از [آمدن قرآن‌] به عذابى هلاك مى‌كرديم، قطعاً مى‌گفتند: «پروردگارا، چرا پيامبرى به سوى ما نفرستادى تا پيش از آنكه خوار و رسوا شويم از آيات تو پيروى كنيم؟»