وَلَقَدۡ

ءَاتَيۡنَا

مُوسَى

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

فَٱخۡتُلِفَ

فِيهِۚ

وَلَوۡلَا

كَلِمَةٞ

سَبَقَتۡ

مِن

رَّبِّكَ

لَقُضِيَ

بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ

وَإِنَّهُمۡ

لَفِي

شَكّٖ

مِّنۡهُ

مُرِيبٖ

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Indeed, We had given Moses the Scripture, but differences arose regarding it. Had it not been for a prior decree from your Lord,¹ their differences would have been settled ˹at once˺. They are truly in alarming doubt about it.