Surah Yunus, ayah 19
وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
And mankind was not but one community [united in religion], but [then] they differed. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them [immediately] concerning that over which they differ.
Yunus · 10:19
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
- إِلَّآillābut
- أُمَّةًۭummatana community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
- فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚfa-ikh'talafūthen they differed
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd had (it) not been
- كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatuna word
- سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, it (would) have been judged
- بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
- فِيمَاfīmāconcerning what
- فِيهِfīhi[therein]
- يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnathey differ
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