Surah Taha, ayah 134

وَلَوۡ أَنَّآ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٖ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولٗا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ ١٣٤

Walaw annā ahlaknāhum bi'adhābim min qablihī laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabi'a āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wanakhzā

And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him,⁸⁶⁹ they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"