وَمَا
تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟
إِلَّا
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَآءَهُمُ
ٱلْعِلْمُ
بَغْيًۢا
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌۭ
سَبَقَتْ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٍۢ
مُّسَمًّۭى
لَّقُضِىَ
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
وَإِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُورِثُوا۟
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِمْ
لَفِى
شَكٍّۢ
مِّنْهُ
مُرِيبٍۢ
١٤
They divided, out of rivalry, only after knowledge had come to them, and, if it had not been for a decree already passed by your Lord to reprieve them until an appointed time, they would already have been judged. Those after them, who inherited the Scripture, are in disquieting doubt about it.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem