Had the people of those towns believed and been God-fearing, We would certainly have opened up to them blessings from the heavens and the earth; but they gave the lie [to their Prophets] and so We seized them for their deeds. so.
و اگر مردم شهرها ايمان آورده و به تقوا گراييده بودند، قطعاً بركاتى از آسمان و زمين برايشان مى‌گشوديم، ولى تكذيب كردند؛ پس به [كيفر] دستاوردشان [گريبان‌] آنان را گرفتيم.