they did not divide except after the knowledge had come to them out of envy among themselves and were it not for a prior decree of your lord until a specified time decision would have been made between them. indeed those who were made heirs to the book after them are in grave doubt concerning it.
وما تفرقوا إلا من بعد ما جاءهم العلم بغيا بينهم ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك إلى أجل مسمى لقضي بينهم وإن الذين أورثوا الكتاب من بعدهم لفي شك منه مريب