وَمَا And not كَانَ was رَبُّكَ your Lord مُهْلِكَ (the) one to destroy ٱلْقُرَىٰ the towns حَتَّىٰ until يَبْعَثَ He (had) sent فِىٓ in أُمِّهَا their mother (town) رَسُولًۭا a Messenger يَتْلُوا۟ reciting عَلَيْهِمْ to them ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ Our Verses وَمَا And not كُنَّا We would be مُهْلِكِى (the) one to destroy ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ the towns إِلَّا except وَأَهْلُهَا while their people ظَـٰلِمُونَ (were) wrongdoers ٥٩
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.
— Come To Light