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Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate. — Al Qalam 68:49 Pin
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ

Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.

Al Qalam 68:49

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“Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.”

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Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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