Sura 20 Ta Ha (Ta-Ha), ayah 134
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وَلَوْ أَنَّا أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آيَاتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ
Translation by words
- وَلَوْ
- And if
- أَنَّآ
- We
- أَهْلَكْنَٰهُم
- (had) destroyed them
- بِعَذَابٍ
- with a punishment
- مِّن
- before him,
- قَبْلِهِۦ
- before him,
- لَقَالُوا۟
- surely they (would) have said,
- رَبَّنَا
- "Our Lord,
- لَوْلَآ
- why not
- أَرْسَلْتَ
- You sent
- إِلَيْنَا
- to us
- رَسُولًا
- a Messenger,
- فَنَتَّبِعَ
- so we (could) have followed
- ءَايَٰتِكَ
- Your signs
- مِن
- before
- قَبْلِ
- before
- أَن
- [that]
- نَّذِلَّ
- we were humiliated
- وَنَخْزَىٰ
- and disgraced."
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?"
20:134
Translation: Saheeh International