42:14 wa maa tafar-raquu il-laa mim ba'Ådi maa jaa'ahumul 'Ilmu bagyam baynahum* wa law laa kalimatun sabaqat mir rab-bika ilaa ajalim musam-mal la quDiya baynahum* wa in-nal-ladhiyna uurithul kitaaba mim ba'Ådihim lafiy shak-kim minhu muriyb

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And they did not cause divisions except after the knowledge had come to them, because of jealousy among themselves; and were it not for a Word that had already gone forth from your Lord, the judgement would have been passed upon them long ago; and indeed those who inherited the Book after them are in an intriguing doubt regarding it.

Yusuf Ali:
And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,- through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt concerning it.

Pickthal:
And they were not divided until after the knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, it surely had been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the Scripture after them are verily in hopeless doubt concerning it.