كَانَ
ٱلنَّاسُ
أُمَّةٗ
وَٰحِدَةٗ
فَبَعَثَ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
مُبَشِّرِينَ
وَمُنذِرِينَ
وَأَنزَلَ
مَعَهُمُ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
لِيَحۡكُمَ
بَيۡنَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
فِيمَا
ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ
فِيهِۚ
وَمَا
ٱخۡتَلَفَ
فِيهِ
إِلَّا
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُوتُوهُ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
مَا
جَآءَتۡهُمُ
ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ
بَغۡيَۢا
بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ
فَهَدَى
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لِمَا
ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ
فِيهِ
مِنَ
ٱلۡحَقِّ
بِإِذۡنِهِۦۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
يَهۡدِي
مَن
يَشَآءُ
إِلَىٰ
صِرَٰطٖ
مُّسۡتَقِيمٍ
٢١٣
Humanity had once been one community ˹of believers before they lost faith˺. Then Allah raised prophets as deliverers of good news and as warners, and revealed to them the Scriptures in truth to judge among people regarding their disputes. And no one disputed the Scriptures except the very people who received them after clear proofs had come to them—out of jealousy. Then Allah, by His grace, has guided the believers to the truth regarding those disputes. And Allah guides whoever He wills to the Straight Path.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allāh sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over it [i.e., the Scripture] except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allāh guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Disputing, after the Clear Signs have come, indicates Deviation
Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "There were ten generations between Adam and Nuh, all of them on the religion of Truth. They later disputed so Allah sent the Prophets as warners and bringers of glad tidings." He then said that t
…Disputing, after the Clear Signs have come, indicates Deviation
Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "There were ten generations between Adam and N
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