2. Surah Al Baqarah

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ...

2: 64. But ye turned back thereafter,

... فَلَوْلاَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾

had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah to you, ye had surely been among the lost.

Other Versions:

2: 64

Asad And you turned away after that! And had it not been for God’s favor upon you and His grace, you would surely have found yourselves among the lost;

Pickthall Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.

Transliteration Summa tawallaitum mim ba'di za_lika fa laula_ fadlulla_hi 'alaikum wa rahmatuhu_ lakuntum minal kha_sirin(a).

[ Ruby’s note: Regarding the cause and consequences, here it is clearly indicated that the Jewish people in particular here but the human race general, time to time, are at the brink of destruction due to their own faults, frailties, and stupidity. It is only through God’s grace and Mercy, a person and a nation is saved again and again. This is also evident in the human history. It is God’s grace that Germany did not win in the WWII, it is God’s grace that Cuban Missile crisis were averted, etc. These kinds of examples are plenty in human history.]