وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
How to read it
Wa mā kāna nnāssu 'illā 'ummatan wāḥidatan fa-kh'talafū . walaw'lā kalimatun sabaqat' min rrabbika laquḍiya bay'nahum' fīmā fīhi yakh'talifūna
Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

