لَّوْلاَ كِتَابٌ مِّنَ اللّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
[8:68]
Were it not for an ordinance from Allah that had already gone forth, surely there would have befallen you a great chastisement for what you had taken to.
Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.
Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before, an awful doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.