Surah Ta-Ha 20:129 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 129 / 135 · Page 321
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى
Word by Word
وَلَوْلَا
walawla
And if not
كَلِمَةٌ
kalimatun
(for) a Word
سَبَقَتْ
sabaqat
(that) preceded
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
لَكَانَ
lakana
surely (would) have been
لِزَامًا
lizaman
an obligation
وَأَجَلٌ
wa-ajalun
and a term
مُّسَمًّى
musamman
determined
Transliteration
Wa law laa Kalimatun sabaqat mir Rabbika lakaana lizaamanw wa ajalum musammaa
Translation
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].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger, had a word not preceded from your Lord that He will not punish anyone before establishing the proof against him, and had there not been a time which is fixed with Him, the punishment would have come to them quickly, due to their deserving it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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