And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, and a term determined, (their punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world).
و اگر سخنى از پروردگارت پيشى نگرفته و موعدى معين مقرر نشده بود، قطعاً [عذاب آنها] لازم مى‌آمد.