And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced!
اگر پيش از آمدن پيامبرى عذابشان مى‌كرديم، مى‌گفتند: اى پروردگار ما، چرا رسولى بر ما نفرستادى تا پيش از آنكه به خوارى و رسوايى افتيم، از آيات تو پيروى كنيم؟