وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ۙ ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
How to read it
Wa 'idh' qālat' 'ummatun mmin'hum' lima taʻiẓūna qaw'man -llahu muh'likuhum' 'aw' muʻadhdhibuhum' ʻadhāban shadīdan . qālū maʻ'dhiratan 'ilā rabbikum' walaʻallahum' yattaqūna
When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people whom Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

