وَلَوْلَا

كَلِمَةٌ

سَبَقَتْ

مِنْ

رَّبِّكَ

لَكَانَ

لِزَامًا

وَّاَجَلٌ

مُّسَمًّی

۟ؕ

But for a word from your Lord that had passed earlier, and an appointed time that had been fixed, it (the punishment) would have been inevitable (for them).