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Al-Anfal 8:68

لَّوۡلَا كِتَٰبٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمۡ فِيمَآ أَخَذۡتُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ

Had it not been for a prior decree from Allah, you would have certainly been disciplined with a tremendous punishment for whatever ˹ransom˺ you have taken.

Word by word

لَّوۡلَا
lawlā
Had not
Vocabulary
كِتَٰبٞ
kitābun
an ordainment
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
مِّنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
سَبَقَ
sabaqa
preceded
Vocabulary
Root: سبق
لَمَسَّكُمۡ
lamassakum
surely (would) have touched you
Vocabulary
Root: مسس
فِيمَآ
fīmā
for what
Vocabulary
أَخَذۡتُمۡ
akhadhtum
you took
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
a punishment
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
عَظِيمٞ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Vocabulary
Root: عظم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.