أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَى تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرؤُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
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Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer gradual loss, for your Lord is most surely Compassionate, Merciful.
Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage - for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.
Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.