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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {لَوْلَا كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ سَبَقَ} [سورة: الأنفال، آية رقم: 68]

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[Machine] In his saying, exalted be He, "If there had been a Book from Allah [that] preceded, it would have touched you in what you took [as] a great punishment". [Al-Anfal 68]. He said, "Mercy from Allah preceded them before they committed the sin".  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {لَوْلَا كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ} [الأنفال 68] قَالَ «§سَبَقَتْ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللهِ الرَّحْمَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِالْمَعْصِيَةِ»