The Spoils of War 8:68

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Arabic English Morphology
Had not Prep
كِتَٰبٌ kitābun
an ordainment Noun
مِّنَ mina
from Prep
Allah Noun
سَبَقَ sabaqa
preceded V
surely (would) have touched you V
for what Prep
you took V
عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun
a punishment Noun
عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun
great Noun

and had it not been preordained by God, a severe punishment would have come upon you for what you have taken

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

لَّوۡلَا كِتَـٰبࣱ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمۡ فِیمَاۤ أَخَذۡتُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِیمࣱ ۝٦٨

lawlā kitābun mina l-lahi sabaqa lamassakum fīmā akhadhtum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmu