Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:20

24:20

وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

walawlā faḍlu l-lahi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu wa-anna l-laha raūfun raḥīmun

And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy... and because Allāh is Kind and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

If it were not for God’s bounty and mercy and the fact that He is compassionate and merciful . . .!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And had it not been for the Grace of Allâh and His Mercy on you, (Allâh would have hastened the punishment upon you). And that Allâh is full of Kindness, Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
فَضْلُfaḍlu(for the) Grace of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(for the) Grace of Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His Mercy
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَءُوفٌۭraūfun(is) Full of Kindness
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful