وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ الۡقُرٰي حَتّٰي يَبۡعَثَ فِيۡ٘ اُمِّهَا رَسُوۡلًا يَّتۡلُوۡا عَلَيۡهِمۡ اٰيٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي الۡقُرٰ٘ي اِلَّا وَاَهۡلُهَا ظٰلِمُوۡنَ

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