وَلَوْلَآ And if not أَن [that] تُصِيبَهُم struck them مُّصِيبَةٌۢ a disaster بِمَا for what قَدَّمَتْ had sent forth أَيْدِيهِمْ their hands فَيَقُولُوا۟ and they would say رَبَّنَا Our Lord لَوْلَآ Why not أَرْسَلْتَ You sent إِلَيْنَا to us رَسُولًۭا a Messenger فَنَتَّبِعَ so we (could have) followed ءَايَـٰتِكَ Your Verses وَنَكُونَ and we (would) have been مِنَ of ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers ٤٧
And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...
— Come To Light