Surah Ash-Shuraa, ayah 14
وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ
And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt.
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟tafarraqūthey became divided
- إِلَّاillāuntil
- مِنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَاmā[what]
- جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
- ٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muthe knowledge
- بَغْيًۢاbaghyan(out of) rivalry
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumamong them
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun(for) a word
- سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- إِلَىٰٓilāfor
- أَجَلٍۢajalina term
- مُّسَمًّۭىmusammanspecified
- لَّقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, it (would have) been settled
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُورِثُوا۟ūrithūwere made to inherit
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- مِنۢminafter them
- بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
- لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مِّنْهُmin'huconcerning it
- مُرِيبٍۢmurībindisquieting
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