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Al-Qalam (The Pen) · Ayah 49

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ 49

If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

لَّوْلَآlawlāIf not
أَنanthat
تَدَٰرَكَهُۥtadārakahuovertook him
نِعْمَةٌۭniʿ'matuna Favor
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
لَنُبِذَlanubidhasurely he would have been thrown
بِٱلْعَرَآءِbil-ʿarāionto (the) naked shore
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
noun
مَذْمُومٌۭmadhmūmun(was) blamed
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