Quran 41:45 — Fussilat, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We gave the Scripture to Moses but disputes arose about it- if it were not for a decree that had already been issued from your Lord, they would already have been judged- and still they are doubtful and suspicious of 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 concerning 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
- Thus, too, have We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses aforetime, and thereupon disputes arose about it. And [then, as now,] had it not been for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, all would indeed have been decided between them [from the outset]. As it is, behold, they [who will not believe in this divine writ] are in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion, about what it portends.
- Sahih International
- And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word [i.e., decree] 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَاātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 3 | مُوسَىmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 5 | فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifa | but disputes arose | خلف |
| 6 | فِيهِ ۗfīhi | therein | — |
| 7 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And had it not been | — |
| 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 settled | قضي |
| 13 | بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 14 | وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahum | But indeed, they | — |
| 15 | لَفِىlafī | surely (are) in | — |
| 16 | شَكٍّۢshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 17 | مِّنْهُmin'hu | about it | — |
| 18 | مُرِيبٍۢmurībin | disquieting | ريب |