Taha Verse 129

Had it not been for a prior decree from your Lord[[ That He will delay their judgment until the Hereafter. ]] ˹O Prophet˺ and a term already set, their ˹instant˺ doom would have been inevitable.

Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord [O Prophet] and a time already set, they would have already been punishment.

And but for a word that preceded from thy Lord, and a stated term, it had been fastened.

If it were not for a preordained Word from your Lord [Prophet], they would already have been destroyed. Their time has been set,

And had not a word from thy Lord gone forth, and a term determined, it must necessarily have come.

Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).

Were it not for a word already gone from your Lord, the decree (of their destruction) would have come to pass.

If the decree (of respite) had not been pronounced by your Lord, (the inevitable judgement would have ensued); but a term is fixed (for everything).

And had not a command of your Lord been passed, then the punishment would have gripped them – and had a term not been appointed.

Were it not for a prior decree of your Lord and a specified time, [their doom] would have attended [their guilt].

Had it not been for a decree already issued by your Lord, and for a term already appointed (by Him), the judgment (against them) would certainly have been given and executed.

But for a word (of promise) already made by your Lord and the term (already) fixed (for them), the inevitable would surely have befallen them by now.

And was it not for a word/sermon preceded from your Lord, (it) would have been necessity/obligation and (a) named/identified term/time.

And had not a command of your Lord been passed, then the punishment would have gripped them - and had a term not been appointed.

Is it not guidance for them to know how many generations We have destroyed before them, amidst whose dwelling-places they walk? Verily, in that are signs to men of thought (or intelligence).

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).

Does it not manifest to them how many of the generations, in whose dwellings they go about, We destroyed before them? Surely there are signs in this for men of understanding.

And had there not been a word (that had) already gone forth from your Lord and an appointed term, it would surely have been made to cleave (to them).

And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).

Had not the word of your Lord been decreed (otherwise), the unbelievers deserved immediate punishment. The appointed time for their punishment will inevitably come.

Except for a Word that preceded from your Lord, and a stated term, it had been fastened.

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).

But for a pre-ordained Word from your Lord, and a term [of respite] already fixed, immediate punishment would inevitably have taken place.

Were it not for a word that issued from your Lord, the inevitable would have happened, but there is an appointed term.

And but for a decree that had already preceded from your Lord, that their chastisement be deferred to the Hereafter, it, destruction, would have been an inevitability, [their destruction] would have been necessary in this world, and a specified term, fixed for them (ajalun musamman, a supplement to the pronoun concealed in kna, `it would have been', the separation [of both subjects] by the predicate of both serves as an emphasis).

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).

This means that if it were not for the Word that had already preceded from Allah -- that He would not punish anyone until the proof had been established against him and the punishment would take place at an appointed time that He has already determined for these rejecters -- then the punishment would certainly seize them immediately.
The Command to be patient and perform the Five daily Prayers

Allah comforts His Prophet by saying to him