Had We destroyed them through some calamity before his coming, they would have said: "Our Lord! Why did You not send any Messenger to us that we might have followed Your signs before being humbled and disgraced?"
و اگر آنان را پیش از نزول قرآن هلاک می کردیم، قطعاً می گفتند: پروردگارا! چرا رسولی به سوی ما نفرستادی تا پیش از آنکه خوار و رسوا شویم، آیات تو را پیروی کنیم.