Kalaulah tidak (kerana) adanya ketetapan dari Allah yang telah terdahulu, tentulah kamu ditimpa azab seksa yang besar disebabkan (penebus diri) yang kamu ambil (dari orang-orang tawanan) itu.
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 .