yet they did not differ about it until knowledge came to them through rivalries among themselves. if the word of your lord it for a time ordained had not preceded it the matter would have been settled among them. but those who came to inherit the book after them are also in doubt and disturbed about 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