وَمَا

كَانَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

إِلَّآ

أُمَّةٗ

وَٰحِدَةٗ

فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ

وَلَوۡلَا

كَلِمَةٞ

سَبَقَتۡ

مِن

رَّبِّكَ

لَقُضِيَ

بَيۡنَهُمۡ

فِيمَا

فِيهِ

يَخۡتَلِفُونَ

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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˺.