وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

إِلَّآ

أُمَّةٗ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ

وَلَوۡلَا

كَلِمَةٞ

سَبَقَتۡ

مِن

رَّبِّكَ

لَقُضِيَ

بَيۡنَهُمۡ

فِيمَا

فِيهِ

يَخۡتَلِفُونَ

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  Mankind were but one community (i.e. on one religion - Islâmic Monotheism), then they differed (later); and had not it been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, it would have been settled between them regarding what they differed¹.