And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among themselves; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord till an appointed term, certainly judgment would have been given between them; and those who were made to inherit the Book after them are most surely in disquieting doubt concerning it.
و پراكندگى و اختلاف نكردند مگر پس از آنكه دانش بديشان رسيد، آنهم از روى ستم و حسدى كه ميان خود داشتند و اگر نبود سخنى كه از پروردگارت از پيش رفته است [به مهلت‌دادن ايشان‌] تا سرآمدى نامبرده، هر آينه ميانشان حكم مى‌شد- عذاب آنها را فرو مى‌گرفت-. و همانا كسانى كه پس از آنان كتابشان داده‌اند در باره آن- كتاب يا دين- به شك و ترديد اندرند.