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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 14of 53

وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى لَّقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍۢ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

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 meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟tafarraqūthey became divided
إِلَّاillāuntil
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَا[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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Religion of the Messengers is OneAllah says to this Ummah:شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الِدِينِ مَا وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحاً وَالَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ(He (Allah) has ordained for you the same religion which He ordained for Nuh, and that which We have revealed to you,) Allah mentions the first Messenger who was sent after Adam, that is, Nuh, peace be upon them, and the last of them is Muhammad .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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