وَمَا

كَانَ

رَبُّكَ

مُهۡلِكَ

ٱلۡقُرَىٰ

حَتَّىٰ

يَبۡعَثَ

فِيٓ

أُمِّهَا

رَسُولٗا

يَتۡلُواْ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ

وَمَا

كُنَّا

مُهۡلِكِي

ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ

إِلَّا

وَأَهۡلُهَا

ظَٰلِمُونَ

٥٩

Your Lord would never destroy a society until He had sent to its capital a messenger, reciting Our revelations to them. Nor would We ever destroy a society unless its people persisted in wrongdoing.