And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame."

假若在派遣他之前，我以刑罚毁灭他们，他们必定要说：“我们的主啊！你怎么不派遣一个使者来引导我们，以便我们在蒙受卑贱和耻辱之前，遵守你的迹象呢？”