Quran 20:129 — Taa-Haa, verse 129
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If it were not for a preordained Word from your Lord [Prophet], they would already have been destroyed. Their time has been set,
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى
walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika lakāna lizāman wa-ajalun musamman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And but for a word that preceded from thy Lord, and a stated term, it had been fastened.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now were it not for a decree that has already gone forth from thy Sustainer, setting a term [for each sinner's repentance], it would inescapably follow [that all who sin must be doomed at once].
- Sahih International
- And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately], and [if not for] a specified term [decreed].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 2 | كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun | (for) a Word | كلم |
| 3 | سَبَقَتْsabaqat | (that) preceded | سبق |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | رَّبِّكَrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | لَكَانَlakāna | surely (would) have been | كون |
| 7 | لِزَامًۭاlizāman | an obligation | لزم |
| 8 | وَأَجَلٌۭwa-ajalun | and a term | أجل |
| 9 | مُّسَمًّۭىmusamman | determined | سمو |