Only after receiving the knowledge did people divide themselves into different groups because of rebellion among themselves. Had it not been for your Lord's giving them respite for an appointed time, He would certainly have settled their differences once and for all. Those who inherited the Book, from their quarrelsome predecessors, also have doubts and suspicions about it.
و پراكندگى و اختلاف نكردند مگر پس از آنكه دانش بديشان رسيد، آنهم از روى ستم و حسدى كه ميان خود داشتند و اگر نبود سخنى كه از پروردگارت از پيش رفته است [به مهلت‌دادن ايشان‌] تا سرآمدى نامبرده، هر آينه ميانشان حكم مى‌شد- عذاب آنها را فرو مى‌گرفت-. و همانا كسانى كه پس از آنان كتابشان داده‌اند در باره آن- كتاب يا دين- به شك و ترديد اندرند.