Yunus 10:19 وما كان الناس الا امة واحدة فاختلفوا ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم فيما فيه يختلفون ١٩
وَمَا
كَانَ
ٱلنَّاسُ
إِلَّآ
أُمَّةٗ
وَٰحِدَةٗ
فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ
وَلَوۡلَا
كَلِمَةٞ
سَبَقَتۡ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
لَقُضِيَ
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
فِيمَا
فِيهِ
يَخۡتَلِفُونَ
١٩
Mankind were but one community (i.e. on one religion - Islâmic Monotheism), then they differed (later); and had not it been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, it would have been settled between them regarding what they differed1.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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Allah reproaches the idolators that worshipped others beside Allah, thinking that those gods would intercede for them before Allah. Allah states that these gods do not harm or benefit. They don't have any authority over anything, nor do they own anything
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Allah reproaches the idolators that worshipped others beside Allah, thinking that those gods would inter
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