Surah Taha — Verse 129
Ta-Ha · 20:129 · 129/135
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى
Walawla kalimatun sabaqat minrabbika lakana lizaman waajalun musamma
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If it were not for a preordained Word from your Lord [Prophet], they would already have been destroyed. Their time has been set,
Marmaduke Pickthall
And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).
Mufti Taqi Usmani
But for a word from your Lord that had passed earlier, and an appointed time that had been fixed, it (the punishment) would have been inevitable (for them).
Al-Hilali & Khan
And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, and a term determined, (their punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Were it not for a word already gone from your Lord, the decree (of their destruction) would have come to pass.