Quran 11:110 — Hud, verse 110
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We gave Moses the Scripture before you, but differences arose about it and if it had not been for a prior word from your Lord, a decision would already have been made between them, though they are in grave doubt about it.
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مُرِيبٍ
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-ukh'tulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum wa-innahum lafī shakkin min'hu murībin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We gave Moses the Book; and there was difference regarding it, and but for a word that preceded from thy Lord, it had been decided between them; and they are in doubt of it disquieting.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [similar was the case when] We vouchsafed the divine writ unto Moses, and some of his people set their own views against it; and had it not been for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, judgment would indeed have been passed on them [then and there]: for, behold, they were in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion, about him [who called them unto God].
- Sahih International
- And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَاātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 3 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 5 | فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifa | but differences arose | خلف |
| 6 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | therein | — |
| 7 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 8 | كَلِمَةٌۭkalimatun | (for) a Word | كلم |
| 9 | سَبَقَتْsabaqat | (that) preceded | سبق |
| 10 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 11 | رَّبِّكَrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 12 | لَقُضِىَlaquḍiya | surely would have been judged | قضي |
| 13 | بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 14 | وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahum | And indeed, they | — |
| 15 | لَفِىlafī | surely (are) in | — |
| 16 | شَكٍّۢshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 17 | مِّنْهُmin'hu | concerning it | — |
| 18 | مُرِيبٍۢmurībin | suspicious | ريب |