القصص — Al-Qasas Ayat 59
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى حَتّٰى يَبْعَثَ فِيْٓ اُمِّهَا رَسُوْلًا يَّتْلُوْا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى الْقُرٰىٓ اِلَّا وَاَهْلُهَا ظٰلِمُوْنَ
Wa mā kāna rabbuka muhlikal-qurā ḥattā yab‘aṡa fī ummihā rasūlay yatlū ‘alaihim āyātinā, wa mā kunnā muhlikil-qurā illā wa ahluhā ẓālimūn(a).
"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."