Quran 10:19 — Yunus, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All people were originally one single community, but later they differed. If it had not been for a word from your Lord, the preordained judgement would already have been passed between them regarding their differences.
وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
wamā kāna l-nāsu illā ummatan wāḥidatan fa-ikh'talafū walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum fīmā fīhi yakhtalifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Mankind were only one nation, then they fell into variance. But for a word that preceded from thy Lord, it had been decided between them already touching their differences.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [know that] all mankind were once but one single community, and only later did they begin to hold divergent views. And had it not been for a decree- that had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, all their differences would indeed have been settled [from the outset].
- Sahih International
- And mankind was not but one community [united in religion], but [then] they differed. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them [immediately] concerning that over which they differ.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the mankind | نوس |
| 4 | إِلَّآillā | but | — |
| 5 | أُمَّةًۭummatan | a community | أمم |
| 6 | وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatan | one | وحد |
| 7 | فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚfa-ikh'talafū | then they differed | خلف |
| 8 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And had (it) not been | — |
| 9 | كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun | a word | كلم |
| 10 | سَبَقَتْsabaqat | (that) preceded | سبق |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | رَّبِّكَrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 13 | لَقُضِىَlaquḍiya | surely, it (would) have been judged | قضي |
| 14 | بَيْنَهُمْbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 15 | فِيمَاfīmā | concerning what | — |
| 16 | فِيهِfīhi | [therein] | — |
| 17 | يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūna | they differ | خلف |