The people were one nation; then God sent forth the Prophets, good tidings to bear and warning, and He sent down with them the Book with the truth, that He might decide between the people touching their differences; and only those who had been given it were at variance upon it, after the clear signs had come to them, being insolent one to another; then God guided those who believed to the truth, touching which they were at variance, by His leave; and God guides whomsoever He will to a straight path.
人類は（もともと）一族であった。それでアリラーは，預言者たちを吉報と警告の伝達者として遺わされた。またかれらと共に真理による啓典を下し，それで，人びとの間に異論のある種々の事に就いて裁定させられる。こうしてかれらに明証が下っているにも拘らず，（啓典を）授けられた者たちは，かえって互いのために争ったのである。アッラーは，かれらが異論を唱える真理に就いて，信仰する者を特別の御許しで導かれる。本当にアッラーは，御心に適う者を正しい道に導かれる。