وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٩
Wa mā kānan-nāsu illā ummataw wāḥidatan fakhtalafū, wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika laquḍiya baynahum fīmā fīhi yakhtalifūn.
And mankind was not but one community [united in religion], but [then] they differed. And if not for a word1 that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them [immediately] concerning that over which they differ.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh's decree to allow time on earth for His creation or not to punish anyone before evidence has come to him.