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وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

Word by word

وَلَوْلَا

And if not

Preposition

كَلِمَةٌ

(for) a Word

Noun

Root: كلم

سَبَقَتْ

(that) preceded

Verb

Root: سبق

مِن

from

Preposition

رَّبِّكَ

your Lord

Noun

Root: ربب

لَكَانَ

surely (would) have been

Verb

Root: كون

لِزَامًا

an obligation

Noun

Root: لزم

وَأَجَلٌ

and a term

Noun

Root: أجل

مُّسَمًّى

determined

Noun

Root: سمو

Translation

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).

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Eğer Rabbinin verdiği bir hüküm ve tayin ettiği bir süre olmasaydı, hemen azaba uğrarlardı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Rabbinin sözü ve belirlenmiş bir süre olmasaydı (azap) kaçınılmaz olurdu.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

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).

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain