Al-Anfaal 8:68
The Spoils of War · ayah 68 of 75
لَّوْلَا كِتَٰبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
Lawla kitabun mina Allahisabaqa lamassakum feema akhathtum AAathabunAAatheem
"If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"and had it not been preordained by God, a severe punishment would have come upon you for what you have taken."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took."