Jonah
10. Yūnus
يونس
Page #210
10:19
وَمَا
كَانَ
النَّاسُ
إِلَّا
أُمَّةً
وَاحِدَةً
فَاخْتَلَفُوا
وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌ
سَبَقَتْ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
لَقُضِيَ
بَيْنَهُمْ
فِيمَا
فِيهِ
يَخْتَلِفُونَ
wa-mā kāna n-nāsu ʾillā ʾummatan wāḥidatan fa-khtalafū wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum fī-mā fīhi yakhtalifūna
Mankind were but a single [religious] community; then they differed. And were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, decision would have been made between them concerning that about which they differ.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.
