وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامٗا وَأَجَلٞ مُّسَمّٗى ١٢٩
Wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika lakāna lizāmaw wa ajalum musammā.
And if not for a word1 that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately],2 and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- See footnote to 10:19.
- Allāh would have punished the disbelievers in this world as He did with previous peoples.