وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌۭ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Wa la'im massat hum nafhatum min 'azaabi Rabbika la yaqoolunna yaawailanaaa innnaa kunnaa zaalimeen
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
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And if a whiff a slight instance of your Lord’s chastisement were to touch them they would indeed say ‘O yā used for drawing attention to something woe for us! O this is our destruction! Truly we were doing evil’ in ascribing partners to God and denying the Mission of Muhammad (s).
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