Sura 42 Ash-Shura (The Consultation), ayah 14

  1. وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

    Translation by words

    وَمَا
    And not
    تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟
    they became divided
    إِلَّا
    until
    مِنۢ
    after
    بَعْدِ
    after
    مَا
    [what]
    جَآءَهُمُ
    came to them
    ٱلْعِلْمُ
    the knowledge
    بَغْيًۢا
    (out of) rivalry,
    بَيْنَهُمْ
    among them.
    وَلَوْلَا
    And if not
    كَلِمَةٌ
    (for) a word
    سَبَقَتْ
    (that) preceded
    مِن
    from
    رَّبِّكَ
    your Lord
    إِلَىٰٓ
    for
    أَجَلٍ
    a term
    مُّسَمًّى
    specified,
    لَّقُضِىَ
    surely, it (would have) been settled
    بَيْنَهُمْ
    between them.
    وَإِنَّ
    And indeed,
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    those who
    أُورِثُوا۟
    were made to inherit
    ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
    the Book
    مِنۢ
    after them
    بَعْدِهِمْ
    after them
    لَفِى
    (are) surely in
    شَكٍّ
    doubt
    مِّنْهُ
    concerning it -
    مُرِيبٍ
    disquieting.

    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.

    42:14

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 42 Ash-Shura (The Consultation)