وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ الۡقُرٰى حَتّٰى يَبۡعَثَ فِىۡۤ اُمِّهَا رَسُوۡلاً يَّتۡلُوۡا عَلَيۡهِمۡ اٰيٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِىۡ الۡقُرٰٓى اِلَّا وَاَهۡلُهَا ظٰلِمُوۡنَ
And your Lord does not destroy the towns until He sends to their capital city a Messenger who recites to them Our Verses. And We do not destroy towns unless their dwellers are given to oppression.