Surah Taha, ayah 134
وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ
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 [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"
Taha · 20:134
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- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- أَنَّآannāWe
- أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمahlaknāhum(had) destroyed them
- بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
- مِّنminbefore him
- قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore him
- لَقَالُوا۟laqālūsurely they (would) have said
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- لَوْلَآlawlāwhy not
- أَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sent
- إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
- رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
- فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could) have followed
- ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour signs
- مِنminbefore
- قَبْلِqablibefore
- أَنan[that]
- نَّذِلَّnadhillawe were humiliated
- وَنَخْزَىٰwanakhzāand disgraced
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