If We had destroyed them by some calamity sooner than this, they would have surely said: "O Lord, if You had sent to us a messenger we would have followed Your command before being humbled and disgraced."
و اگر ما پيش از اين به عذابى هلاكشان مى‌كرديم، قطعا مى‌گفتند: پروردگارا! چرا پيامبرى به سوى ما نفرستادى تا پيش از آن كه به خوارى و رسوايى افتيم از آيات تو پيروى كنيم