وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ
Wa law laa fadlul laahi 'alaikum wa rahmatuhoo wa annal laaha Tawwaabun Hakeem
And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise.
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24:10Ayah 164
10 ayahs in An-Noor are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.
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And were it not for God’s bounty to you and His mercy in shielding you from being exposed in such situations and that God is the Relenting in His acceptance of repentance in such situations and otherwise Wise in the rulings He has given for this and other matters that He might make clear the truth therein and hasten punishment for those deserving it.
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If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon.
By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit sin, Allah would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.
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