Quran 41:45

Surah Fussilat, Verse 45

Juz 24 · Page 481 · Ruku 418 · Meccan

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly ءَاتَيْنَا ātaynā We gave مُوسَى mūsā Musa ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ l-kitāba the Book فَٱخْتُلِفَ fa-ukh'tulifa but disputes arose فِيهِ ۗ fīhi therein وَلَوْلَا walawlā And had it not been كَلِمَةٌۭ kalimatun (for) a word سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (that) preceded مِن min from رَّبِّكَ rabbika your Lord لَقُضِىَ laquḍiya surely, would have been settled بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ baynahum between them وَإِنَّهُمْ wa-innahum But indeed, they لَفِى lafī surely (are) in شَكٍّۢ shakkin doubt مِّنْهُ min'hu about it مُرِيبٍۢ murībin disquieting

Transliteration

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba fakhtulifa feehi walawla kalimatunsabaqat min rabbika laqudiya baynahum wa-innahum lafeeshakkin minhu mureeb

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been dispute concerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, it would ere now have been judged between them; but lo! they are in hopeless doubt concerning it.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose therein. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their differences) would have been settled between them: but they remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب فاختلف فيه ) أي : كذب وأوذي ، ( فاصبر كما صبر أولو العزم من الرسل ) [ الأحقاف : 35 ] . ( ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك إلى أجل مسمى ) [ الشورى : 14 ] بتأخير الحساب إلى يوم المعاد ، ( لقضي بينهم ) أي : لعجل لهم العذاب ، بل لهم موعد لن يجدوا من دونه موئلا ( وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب ) أي : وما كان تكذيبهم له عن بصيرة منهم لما قالوا ، بل كانوا شاكين فيما قالوا ، غير محققين لشيء كانوا فيه . هكذا وجهه ابن جرير ، وهو محتمل ، والله أعلم .