اگر ما آنان را پيش از آن (كه قرآن نازل شود) با عذابی هلاك میكرديم، (در قيامت) میگفتند: «پروردگارا! چرا پيامبری برای ما نفرستادی تا از آيات تو پيروی كنيم، پيش از آنكه ذليل و رسوا شويم!»
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?"