They scattered not, save after knowledge had come to them, being insolent one to another; and but for a Word that preceded from thy Lord until a stated term, it had been decided between them. But those to whom the Book has been given as an inheritance after them, behold, they are in doubt of it disquieting.
و فقط پس از آنكه علم برايشان آمد، راه تفرقه پيمودند [آن هم‌] به صرف حسد [و برترى جويى‌] ميان همديگر. و اگر سخنى [داير بر تأخير عذاب‌] از جانب پروردگارت تا زمانى معيّن، پيشى نگرفته بود، قطعاً ميانشان داورى شده بود. و كسانى كه بعد از آنان كتاب [تورات‌] را ميراث يافتند واقعاً در باره او در ترديدى سخت [دچار]اند.