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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?"
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ولو أنا أهلكناهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لوﻻ أرسلت إلينا رسوﻻ
And if We had destroyed them with a torment before this, they would surely have said: "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger...'' This means, "If We had destroyed these rejecting people before We sent this Noble Messenger to them and revealed the Mighty Book to them, they would have said,
ربنا لوﻻ أرسلت إلينا رسوﻻ
(Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger), meaning, `before you destroyed us, so we could have believed in him and followed him.' This is like Allah said,
فنتبع آياتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزى
we should certainly have followed Your Ayat, before we were humiliated and disgraced. Allah, the Exalted, explains that these rejecters are stubborn and obstinate and they will not believe
ولو جاءتهم كل ءاية حتى يروا العذاب اﻻليم
Even if every sign should come them, until they see the painful torment. (10:97) This is as Allah says,
وهذا كتب أنزلنه مبارك فاتبعوه واتقوا لعلكم ترحمون
And this is a blessed Book which We have sent down, so follow it and have Taqwa (of Allah), that you may receive mercy. Until His statement,
بما كانوا يصدفون
(because of their turning away). (6:155-157) Allah also says,
وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمنهم لين جاءهم نذير ليكونن أهدى من إحدى اﻻمم
And they swore by Allah their most binding oath that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than any of the nations (before them). (35:42)
وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمنهم لين جاءتهم ءاية ليومنن بها
And they swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if there came to them a sign, they would surely believe therein. (6:109) to the completion of those Ayat. Then, Allah says,
