وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى حَتّٰى یَبْعَثَ فٖٓی اُمِّهَا رَسُولًا یَتْلُوا عَلَیْهِمْ اٰیَاتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِی الْقُرٰٓى اِلَّا وَاَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ
Wama kana rabbuka muhlika alqura hatta yabAAatha fee ommiha rasoolan yatloo AAalayhim ayatina wama kunna muhlikee alqura illa waahluha thalimoona
Translations
And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers
Saheeh International
And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother(-town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations. And never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were evil-doers
Marmaduke Pickthall