وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًۭا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...
Word-by-Word Translation
وَلَوْلَآ
And if not
أَن
[that]
تُصِيبَهُم
struck them
مُّصِيبَةٌۢ
a disaster
بِمَا
for what
قَدَّمَتْ
had sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْ
their hands
فَيَقُولُوا۟
and they would say
رَبَّنَا
Our Lord
لَوْلَآ
Why not
أَرْسَلْتَ
You sent
إِلَيْنَا
to us
رَسُولًۭا
a Messenger
فَنَتَّبِعَ
so we (could have) followed
ءَايَـٰتِكَ
Your Verses
وَنَكُونَ
and we (would) have been
مِنَ
of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
the believers
٤٧
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