8:68
لَّوْلَا كِتَـٰبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
lawlā kitābun mina l-lahi sabaqa lamassakum fīmā akhadhtum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
— Saheeh International
and had it not been preordained by God, a severe punishment would have come upon you for what you have taken.
— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
Were it not a previous ordainment from Allâh, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took.
— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali