لَّوۡلَا كِتَٰبٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمۡ فِيمَآ أَخَذۡتُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٦٨
Lawlā kitābum minallāhi sabaqa lamassakum fīmā akhadhtum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.
If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded,1 you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- Three interpretations of the "decree" are given: that by which the companions of Badr were forgiven, that by which indeliberate errors in judgement by believers are not punished, and that which made lawful the spoils of war.