8 verses have
“were”
in Edition Clear Qur'an by Talal Itani / Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War)
8:5Even as your Lord brought you out of your home with the truth, some believers were reluctant.
8:6Arguing with you about the truth after it was made clear, as if they were being driven to death as they looked on.
8:9When you appealed to your Lord for help, He answered you, “I am reinforcing you with one thousand angels in succession.”
8:26And remember when you were few, oppressed in the land, fearing that people may capture you; but He sheltered you, and supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things—so that you may be thankful.
8:42Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but God was to carry out a predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence, and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing and Knowing.
8:54Such was the case with the people of Pharaoh, and those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We annihilated them for their wrongs, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh—they were all evildoers.
8:68Were it not for a predetermined decree from God, an awful punishment would have afflicted you for what you have taken.
8:71But if they intend to betray you, they have already betrayed God, and He has overpowered them. God is Knowing and Wise.
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The Holy Quran · Al-Baqara (The Cow) · 2:274