وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ
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.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 11:110
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 11:110]
Ali Muhammad Fazil Chinoy Commentary
Commentary on Quran 11:110-123
God has decided to settle the differences in faith on the Day of Judgment having given time to rectify and unify by following prophet and Divine Lights and resisting passionate leaders, which form a test in this world for which hell and heaven are created. God has advised the Prophet and true faithful to stick to text as revealed to the Prophet and be steady at prayer and penance, avoiding society of the passionate as an ultimate source of salvation. Compare St. John 17:6 – 8, Jesus says, “I have manifested Thy name unto which Thou giveth me out of the world Thine they were, and Thou have received them, and have known. Surely, I came out from Thee and they have believed Thou didst me. I pray for them, and I pray not for the world, but for them, whom Thou has given me for they are Thine. Just as a magnet can influence iron and like metals, and not dielectrics, which resist magnetic effect, and are not affected by fire and are worthy of being thrown therein and those which will be destroyed by fire will not be thrown therein. Though, both are created to serve different definite purposes and are useful in their own way.