وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We gave ātaynā Musa mūsā the Book l-kitāba but disputes arose fa-ukh'tulifa therein fīhi And had it not been walawlā (for) a word kalimatun (that) preceded sabaqat from min your Lord rabbika surely, would have been settled laquḍiya between them baynahum But indeed, they wa-innahum surely (are) in lafī doubt shakkin about it min'hu disquieting murībin
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.1 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]2 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.