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?"
Aur agar hum iss say pehlay hi enehn azab say halak ker detay to yaqeenan yeh keh uthtay kay aey humaray perwerdigar tu ney humaray pass apna rasool kiyon na bheja? Kay hum teri aayaton ki tabeydari kertay iss say pehlay kay hum zaleel-o-ruswa hotay.
यदि हम उस के पहले इन्हें किसी यातना से विनष्ट कर देते तो ये कहते कि "ऐ हमारे रब, तूने हमारे पास कोई रसूल क्यों न भेजा कि इस से पहले कि हम अपमानित और रुसवा होते, तेरी आयतों का अनुपालन करने लगते?"