Yet they became divided only after knowledge had reached them from their own insolence. And had it not been for a Word that had preceded from yourLord, till an appointed term, it would have been determined between them. But those who inherited the Book after them are in disquieting doubt about it,
از روى حسد و عداوت فرقه فرقه نشدند، مگر از آن پس كه به دانش دست يافتند. و اگر پروردگار تو از پيش مقرر نكرده بود كه آنها را تا زمانى معين مهلت است، بر آنها حكم عذاب مى‌رفت. و كسانى كه بعد از ايشان وارث كتاب خدا شده‌اند درباره آن سخت به ترديد افتاده‌اند.