Quran 42:14

Surah Ash-Shura, Verse 14

Juz 25 · Page 484 · Ruku 420 · Meccan

وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

Word by word

وَمَا wamā And not تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟ tafarraqū they became divided إِلَّا illā until مِنۢ min after بَعْدِ baʿdi after مَا mā [what] جَآءَهُمُ jāahumu came to them ٱلْعِلْمُ l-ʿil'mu the knowledge بَغْيًۢا baghyan (out of) rivalry بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ baynahum among them وَلَوْلَا walawlā And if not كَلِمَةٌۭ kalimatun (for) a word سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (that) preceded مِن min from رَّبِّكَ rabbika your Lord إِلَىٰٓ ilā for أَجَلٍۢ ajalin a term مُّسَمًّۭى musamman specified لَّقُضِىَ laquḍiya surely, it (would have) been settled بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ baynahum between them وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who أُورِثُوا۟ ūrithū were made to inherit ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ l-kitāba the Book مِنۢ min after them بَعْدِهِمْ baʿdihim after them لَفِى lafī (are) surely in شَكٍّۢ shakkin doubt مِّنْهُ min'hu concerning it مُرِيبٍۢ murībin disquieting

Transliteration

Wama tafarraqoo illa minbaAAdi ma jaahumu alAAilmu baghyan baynahum walawlakalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ila ajalin musamman laqudiyabaynahum wa-inna allatheena oorithoo alkitaba minbaAAdihim lafee shakkin minhu mureeb

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they were not divided until after the knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, it surely had been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the Scripture after them are verily in hopeless doubt concerning it.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,- through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt concerning it.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وما تفرقوا إلا من بعد ما جاءهم العلم ) أي : إنما كان مخالفتهم للحق بعد بلوغه إليهم ، وقيام الحجة عليهم ، وما حملهم على ذلك إلا البغي والعناد والمشاقة .

ثم قال [ الله ] تعالى : ( ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك إلى أجل مسمى ) أي : لولا الكلمة السابقة من الله بإنظار العباد بإقامة حسابهم إلى يوم المعاد ، لعجل لهم العقوبة في الدنيا سريعا .

وقوله : ( وإن الذين أورثوا الكتاب من بعدهم ) يعني : الجيل المتأخر بعد القرن الأول المكذب للحق ( لفي شك منه مريب ) أي : ليسوا على يقين من أمرهم ، وإنما هم مقلدون لآبائهم وأسلافهم ، بلا دليل ولا برهان ، وهم في حيرة من أمرهم ، وشك مريب ، وشقاق بعيد .