وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ
And those who were given the Book did not split until after the clear proof had come to them. Both traditions read the turn the same way: before he was sent they were agreed that he would come, and it was his coming that divided them - some believing, some refusing.
اور اہلِ کتاب نے تفرقہ نہیں کیا مگر اُس کے بعد جب ان کے پاس ”بَیِّنَہ“ آ چکی۔ اس کے آنے سے پہلے وہ اس کے انتظار پر مجتمع تھے، پھر جب وہ آ گئی تو بٹ گئے: کچھ ایمان لے آئے اور کچھ انکار پر جم گئے۔ تعجب کا مقام یہی ہے کہ جس چیز کو انہیں جوڑنا چاہیے تھا، وہی ان کے بکھرنے کا سبب بن گئی۔
hadith witness: 10 rows - sunni muslim 5801, sunni muslim 6786, sunni muslim 1865, sunni ibnmajah 3155, sunni ibnmajah 4045 | prophetic-transmitted (collection-sahih); prophetic-transmitted (graded-sahih); shia-graded-weak; unclassed
tafsir: 26 editions comment (ahsan_ur, baghawi, bayan_ur, ibnashur, ibnkathir_ar, ibnkathir_en, ibnkathir_ur, jalalayn, jalalayn_en, maarif_en, miqbas, miqbas_en) - bodies not republished
MACHINE-SCHOLAR assembly - human review invited. Reading: consensus-derived (similarities law). Pillar 98:4 of 6,236 - 900 planning shares by spec.