Translation of the meanings Ayah 14 Surah Ash-Shūra - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 14

وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى لَّقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ

14.They 'the early Jews and Nazarenes' did not become divided 'into many sects' until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among themselves. Had not a Word gone forth from 'Allāh' your Lord till an appointed term, the matter would certainly have been settled between them. Those 'later generations of them' who were made to inherit the Scripture⁷after them are in disquieting doubt about it.

7. I.e., the Jews and the Christians.