The Consultation
42. Ash-Shūrā
الشورى
al-Shūrā (Consultation)
ٱلشُّورىٰ
42:14
وَمَا
تَفَرَّقُوا
إِلَّا
مِن
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَاءَهُمُ
الْعِلْمُ
بَغْيًا
بَيْنَهُمْ
وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌ
سَبَقَتْ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
إِلَى
أَجَلٍ
مُّسَمًّى
لَّقُضِيَ
بَيْنَهُمْ
وَإِنَّ
الَّذِينَ
أُورِثُوا
الْكِتَابَ
مِن
بَعْدِهِمْ
لَفِي
شَكٍّ
مِّنْهُ
مُرِيبٍ
wa-mā tafarraqū ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ʾilā ʾajalin musamman la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinna lladhīna ʾūrithū l-kitāba min baʿdihim la-fī shakkin minhu murībin
Only after receiving the knowledge did people divide themselves into different groups because of rebellion among themselves. Had it not been for your Lord's giving them respite for an appointed time, He would certainly have settled their differences once and for all. Those who inherited the Book, from their quarrelsome predecessors, also have doubts and suspicions about it.
