وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

إِلَّآ

أُمَّةٗ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ

وَلَوۡلَا

كَلِمَةٞ

سَبَقَتۡ

مِن

رَّبِّكَ

لَقُضِيَ

بَيۡنَهُمۡ

فِيمَا

فِيهِ

يَخۡتَلِفُونَ

١٩

All the people were no more than a single community; later, they differed. But for a word from your Lord that had already come to pass, a decisive judgment would have been made about their mutual differences.