وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ٤٥
Walaqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba fakhtulifa fīhi walawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika laqudiya baynahum wa innahum lafī shakkim minhu murīb
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.1399 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]1400 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.
Footnotes
1399 An alternative meaning is "he was opposed over it."
1400 See footnote to 10:19.