(The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.

Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single wrong-doing, if its members were likely to mend.

Nor was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He had sent to its centre a messenger, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We going to destroy a population except when its members practise iniquity.

这是因为你的主在城市的居民.愦之际，不会因为他们的不义而毁灭城市。

你的主不致为部分人迷信而毁灭那些市镇，而多数居民是善良的。

你的主，不会毁灭各城市，直到他在首邑中派遣一个使者，对各城市的居民宣读他的迹象。我不会毁灭各城市，除非城市里的居民多行不义。