Qur'an 8:68

لَّوْلَا كِتَـٰبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before, an awful doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.