وَمَا
كَانَ
ٱلنَّاسُ
إِلَّآ
أُمَّةٗ
وَٰحِدَةٗ
فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ
وَلَوۡلَا
كَلِمَةٞ
سَبَقَتۡ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
لَقُضِيَ
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
فِيمَا
فِيهِ
يَخۡتَلِفُونَ
١٩
Humanity was once nothing but a single community ˹of believers˺, but then they differed.1 Had it not been for a prior decree from your Lord,2 their differences would have been settled ˹at once˺.