وَلَوْ
أَنَّآ
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم
بِعَذَابٍۢ
مِّن
قَبْلِهِۦ
لَقَالُوا۟
رَبَّنَا
لَوْلَآ
أَرْسَلْتَ
إِلَيْنَا
رَسُولًۭا
فَنَتَّبِعَ
ءَايَـٰتِكَ
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
نَّذِلَّ
وَنَخْزَىٰ
١٣٤
If We had destroyed them through punishment before this Messenger came, they would have said, ‘Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we could have followed Your revelations before we suffered humiliation and disgrace!’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem