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Yunus 10:19

وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ

Humanity was once nothing but a single community ˹of believers˺, but then they differed. Had it not been for a prior decree from your Lord, their differences would have been settled ˹at once˺.

Word by word

وَمَا
wamā
And not
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كَانَ
kāna
was
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Root: كون
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
the mankind
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Root: نوس
إِلَّآ
illā
but
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أُمَّةٗ
ummatan
a community
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Root: امم
وَٰحِدَةٗ
wāḥidatan
one
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Root: وحد
فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ
fa-ikh'talafū
then they differed
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Root: خلف
وَلَوۡلَا
walawlā
And had (it) not been
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كَلِمَةٞ
kalimatun
a word
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Root: كلم
سَبَقَتۡ
sabaqat
(that) preceded
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Root: سبق
مِن
min
from
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رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
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Root: ربب
لَقُضِيَ
laquḍiya
surely, it (would) have been judged
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Root: قضي
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
baynahum
between them
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Root: بين
فِيمَا
fīmā
concerning what
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فِيهِ
fīhi
[therein]
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يَخۡتَلِفُونَ
yakhtalifūna
they differ
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Root: خلف

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.