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Yunus 19

Ayah 19 of 109 · Meccan

وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٩

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: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh's decree to allow time on earth for His creation or not to punish anyone before evidence has come to him.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. ٱلنَّاسُthe mankindl-nāsu
  4. إِلَّآbutillā
  5. أُمَّةٗa communityummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةٗonewāḥidatan
  7. فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚthen they differedfa-ikh'talafū
  8. وَلَوۡلَاAnd had (it) not beenwalawlā
  9. كَلِمَةٞa wordkalimatun
  10. سَبَقَتۡ(that) precededsabaqat
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  13. لَقُضِيَsurely, it (would) have been judgedlaquḍiya
  14. بَيۡنَهُمۡbetween thembaynahum
  15. فِيمَاconcerning whatfīmā
  16. فِيهِ[therein]fīhi
  17. يَخۡتَلِفُونَthey differyakhtalifūna

Tafsir

People were just one believing, unified nation, then they differed: some of them still had faith, while others disbelieved. If it had not been for the decree of Allah that He would not judge between them in what they differed about, then it would have been made clear which of them were guided and which of them were astray.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran