20:129 walawlaa kalimatun sabaqat mir rab-bika la kaana lizaamaw wa ajalum musam-maa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And had not a command of your Lord been passed, then the punishment would have gripped them - and had a term not been appointed.

Yusuf Ali:
Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).

Pickthal:
And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).