وَمَا And not wamā was kāna your Lord rabbuka (the) one to destroy muh'lika the towns l-qurā until ḥattā He (had) sent yabʿatha in fī their mother (town) ummihā a Messenger rasūlan reciting yatlū to them ʿalayhim Our Verses āyātinā And not wamā We would be kunnā (the) one to destroy muh'likī the towns l-qurā except illā while their people wa-ahluhā (were) wrongdoers ẓālimūna
And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.