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Al-Anfaal 8:68
لَّوْلَا كِتَٰبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
(68) If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded,[458] you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
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