And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt.
知識がかれらに下った後，間もなくかれらの間の嫉妬によって分派が出来た。定められた時に関し，あなたの主からの御言葉がなかったならば，（問題は）かれらの間でとっくに解決されたであろう。だがかれらの後，啓典を継いでいる者たちはそれに就いて（未だに）疑いを抱いている。