Surah Fussilat, ayah 45
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word [i.e., decree] that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.
Fussilat · 41:45
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
- مُوسَىmūsāMusa
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifabut disputes arose
- فِيهِ ۗfīhitherein
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd had it not been
- كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun(for) a word
- سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, would have been settled
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
- وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumBut indeed, they
- لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مِّنْهُmin'huabout it
- مُرِيبٍۢmurībindisquieting
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