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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yunus 10:19

Word by word

وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

And mankind was not but one community [united in religion], but [then] they differed. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been judged between them [immediately] concerning that over which they differ.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

كان الناس على دين واحد وهو الإسلام، ثم اختلفوا بعد ذلك، فكفر بعضهم، وثبت بعضهم على الحق. ولولا كلمة سبقت من الله بإمهال العاصين وعدم معاجلتهم بذنوبهم لقُضِيَ بينهم: بأن يُهْلك أهل الباطل منهم، وينجي أهل الحق.

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