وَلَوْ اَنَّٓا اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ لَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَٓا اَرْسَلْتَ اِلَیْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ اٰیَاتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَذِلَّ وَنَخْزٰى
Walaw anna ahlaknahum biAAathabin min qablihi laqaloo rabbana lawla arsalta ilayna rasoolan fanattabiAAa ayatika min qabli an nathilla wanakhza
Translations
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced
Saheeh International
And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced
Marmaduke Pickthall