Qur'an 20:129 · Taa-Haa

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وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًۭا وَأَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى

(129) And if not for a word[866] that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately],[867] and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].

Translator's notes

[866]- See footnote to 10:19. [867]- Allāh would have punished the disbelievers in this world as He did with previous peoples.