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41. Fuṣṣilat
فصلت
Fuṣṣilat (Elaborated)
فُصِّلَت
41:45
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 had given the Book to Moses about which people greatly disagreed. Had the word of your Lord not been decreed, He would have certainly settled their differences (there and then). They were greatly suspicious and doubtful about the Book of Moses.
