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Surah Fussilat, Ayah 45 (41:45)

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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ …

Quran 41:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 481 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:45
وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَفَٱخْتُلِفَفِيهِ ۗوَلَوْلَاكَلِمَةٌسَبَقَتْمِنرَّبِّكَلَقُضِىَبَيْنَهُمْ ۚوَإِنَّهُمْلَفِىشَكٍّمِّنْهُمُرِيبٍ٤٥
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-ukh'tulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laquḍiya baynahum wa-innahum lafī shakkin min'hu murībin

And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word [i.e., decree] that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.(45)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
  3. مُوسَىmūsāMusa
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  5. فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifabut disputes arose
  6. فِيهِ ۗfīhitherein
  7. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd had it not been
  8. كَلِمَةٌkalimatun(for) a word
  9. سَبَقَتْsabaqat(that) preceded
  10. مِنminfrom
  11. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
  12. لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, would have been settled
  13. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
  14. وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumBut indeed, they
  15. لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
  16. شَكٍّshakkindoubt
  17. مِّنْهُmin'huabout it
  18. مُرِيبٍmurībindisquieting

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