وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في أمها رسولا يتلو عليهم آياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى إلا وأهلها ظالمون
And not was your Lord (the) Destroyer (of) the towns until He (had) sent in their mother (town) a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses. And not We would be the Destroyers (of) the towns except while their people (were) wrongdoers.