And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, punishment would have been an obligation ˹due immediately˺, and ˹if not for˺ a specified term ˹decreed˺.
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى
And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, punishment would have been an obligation ˹due immediately˺, and ˹if not for˺ a specified term ˹decreed˺.
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى