وَلَوۡ

أَنَّآ

أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم

بِعَذَابٖ

مِّن

قَبۡلِهِۦ

لَقَالُواْ

رَبَّنَا

لَوۡلَآ

أَرۡسَلۡتَ

إِلَيۡنَا

رَسُولٗا

فَنَتَّبِعَ

ءَايَٰتِكَ

مِن

قَبۡلِ

أَن

نَّذِلَّ

وَنَخۡزَىٰ

١٣٤

  And if We had destroyed them with a torment before this (i.e. Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur’ân), they would surely have said: "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger, we should certainly have followed Your Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), before we were humiliated and disgraced."¹