By the time he arrived on the scene, warnings of that city’s desolation had already been sounded for years.
فَكَانَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ قَدْ نَادَوْا لِسَنَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ بِٱلرِّسَالَةِ نَفْسِهَا .‏