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Verse 129of 135

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًۭا وَأَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى﴿١٢٩

Translation (Sahih International)

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].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun(for) a Word
سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
لَكَانَlakānasurely (would) have been
لِزَامًۭاlizāmanan obligation
وَأَجَلٌۭwa-ajalunand a term
مُّسَمًّۭىmusammandetermined

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Many Nations were destroyed and in Them is a LessonAllah, the Exalted, says,أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ(Is it not a guidance for them...) This is addressed to those who reject what the Prophet came to them with: `We destroyed those who denied the Messengers from the previous nations before them. They showed open hostility, so now there is not trace of them and none of them are left.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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