Hud
11. Hūd
هود
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وَلَقَدْ
آتَيْنَا
مُوسَى
الْكِتَابَ
فَاخْتُلِفَ
فِيهِ
وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌ
سَبَقَتْ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
لَقُضِيَ
بَيْنَهُمْ
وَإِنَّهُمْ
لَفِي
شَكٍّ
مِّنْهُ
مُرِيبٍ
wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-khtulifa fīhi wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinnahum la-fī shakkin minhu murībin
We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly We gave Moses the Book, but differences arose about it, and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, a decision would have been made between them; indeed they are in grave doubt concerning it.