← Surah 8

8:68

لَّوْلَا كِتَـٰبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Word by word

لَّوْلَا
Had not
Preposition
كِتَٰبٌ
an ordainment
Noun
Root: كتب
مِّنَ
from
Preposition
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
سَبَقَ
preceded
Verb
Root: سبق
لَمَسَّكُمْ
surely (would) have touched you
Verb
Root: مسس
فِيمَآ
for what
Preposition
أَخَذْتُمْ
you took
Verb
Root: أخذ
عَذَابٌ
a punishment
Noun
Root: عذب
عَظِيمٌ
great
Noun
Root: عظم

Translation

Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Eğer Allah'dan bir yazı (hüküm) bulunmasa idi aldığınız fidyeden dolayı size mutlaka büyük bir azab dokunurdu.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Allah tarafından (bir hüküm) geçmiş olmasaydı, aldığınız (ganimet)le ilgili size mutlaka büyük bir azap dokunurdu.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before, an awful doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain