وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍۢ
Translation
Sahih International
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning the Qur'an, in disquieting doubt.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَلَقَدْ
And certainly
ءَاتَيْنَا
We gave
مُوسَى
Musa
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
the Book
فَٱخْتُلِفَ
but disputes arose
فِيهِ ۗ
therein
وَلَوْلَا
And had it not been
كَلِمَةٌۭ
(for) a word
سَبَقَتْ
(that) preceded
مِن
from
رَّبِّكَ
your Lord
لَقُضِىَ
surely, would have been settled
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
between them
وَإِنَّهُمْ
But indeed, they
لَفِى
surely (are) in
شَكٍّۢ
doubt
مِّنْهُ
about it
مُرِيبٍۢ
disquieting
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