Surah Taha 20:134

وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

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 [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

Had We destroyed them with a chastisement before him before the coming of Muhammad (s) the Messenger they would have said on the Day of Resurrection ‘Our Lord if only You had sent us a messenger so that we might have followed those signs of Yours given to the messengers to convey before we were thus abased at the …

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 20:134, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.