وإذ قالت أمة منهم لم تعظون قوما الله مهلكهم أو معذبهم عذابا شديدا قالوا معذرة إلى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون
And when said a community among them, "Why (do) you preach a people, (whom) Allah (is) the Destroyer (of) them or the Chastiser (of) them (with) a punishment severe?" They said, "To be absolved before your Lord and that they may become righteous."