وَمَا And not كَانَ was ٱلنَّاسُ the mankind إِلَّآ but أُمَّةًۭ a community وَٰحِدَةًۭ one فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚ then they differed وَلَوْلَا And had (it) not been كَلِمَةٌۭ a word سَبَقَتْ (that) preceded مِن from رَّبِّكَ your Lord لَقُضِىَ surely, it (would) have been judged بَيْنَهُمْ between them فِيمَا concerning what فِيهِ [therein] يَخْتَلِفُونَ they differ ١٩
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.
— Come To Light