Transliteration:( Wa law laa Kalimatun sabaqat mir Rabbika lakaana lizaamanw wa 'ajalun musammaa )
And had not a word of your Lord gone forth [183] and a term determined then necessarily, the punishment would have stuck to them [184].
The ‘word’ refers to Allah’s promise that your Ummah (O Prophet ﷺ) will not be seized by a universal worldly punishment as previous nations were. Instead, their accountability is reserved primarily for the Hereafter.
This means that had there not been a preordained time for punishment, the torment would have already descended upon them in this world. But now, it is postponed until the Day of Qiyamah.
The tafsir of Surah Ta-Ha verse 129 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taha ayat 128 which provides the complete commentary from verse 128 through 130.
(20:129) Were it not for a word already gone from your Lord, the decree (of their destruction) would have come to pass.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
[866]- See footnote to 10:19. [867]- Allāh would have punished the disbelievers in this world as He did with previous peoples.
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