Kur’an 20:134 — sura Taha, 134. ajet

وَلَوۡ أَنَّآ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٖ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولٗا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ

A da smo ih kakvom kaznom prije njega uništili, sigurno bi rekli: "Gospodaru naš, zašto nam nisi poslanika poslao, pa bismo riječi Tvoje slijedili prije nego što smo poniženi i osramoćeni postali."

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