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Fussilat 45

Ayah 45 of 54 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ٤٥

And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.1 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]2 that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An alternative meaning is "he was opposed over it."

2 See footnote to 10:19.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. ءَاتَيۡنَاWe gaveātaynā
  3. مُوسَىMusamūsā
  4. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  5. فَٱخۡتُلِفَbut disputes arosefa-ukh'tulifa
  6. فِيهِۚthereinfīhi
  7. وَلَوۡلَاAnd had it not beenwalawlā
  8. كَلِمَةٞ(for) a wordkalimatun
  9. سَبَقَتۡ(that) precededsabaqat
  10. مِنfrommin
  11. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  12. لَقُضِيَsurely, would have been settledlaquḍiya
  13. بَيۡنَهُمۡۚbetween thembaynahum
  14. وَإِنَّهُمۡBut indeed, theywa-innahum
  15. لَفِيsurely (are) inlafī
  16. شَكّٖdoubtshakkin
  17. مِّنۡهُabout itmin'hu
  18. مُرِيبٖdisquietingmurībin

Tafsir

Verily I gave Moses the Torah and it was disagreed upon. Some believed in it, while others disbelieved in it. Had there not been a promise from Me that there will be judgement passed between the servants on the Day of Judgement in matters they disputed over, judgement would already have been passed upon those who disputed in the Torah. I would have made the ones on the truth clear from those on falsehood and honoured those on the truth whilst disgracing those on falsehood. Indeed, the disbelievers are definitely in suspicious doubts with regards the Qur’ān.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran