And turn to your Lord, and submit to Him, before the retribution comes upon you. Then you will not be helped.
Az-Zumar 39:54
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وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ
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And turn to your Lord, and submit to Him, before the retribution comes upon you. Then you will not be helped.
Turn back to your Lord and obey Him, before punishment comes to you — then no one can help you.
Turn back to your Lord, and surrender to Him before punishment comes to you — then no one can help you.
Turn back to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you, and then you will not be helped.
And turn to your Lord in repentance, and submit to Him, before the punishment comes upon you, and you will not be helped.
And turn to your Lord in repentance, and submit to Him, before the punishment comes upon you, and you will not be helped.
And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
"And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith (Islâmic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islâm) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped.
Turn to your Lord [in repentance] and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you, for then you will not be helped.
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.
Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
Turn to your Lord and submit to Him before His scourge overtakes you, for then you shall not be helped.
Turn to your Lord and surrender yourselves to Him before the chastisement over-takes you; for then you will receive no help.
Turn penitently to Him and submit to Him before the punishment overtakes you, whereupon you will not be helped.
Waaneeboo ila rabbikum waaslimoo lahu min qabli an yatiyakumu alAAathabu thumma la tunsaroona