أَن تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أُنزِلَ الْكِتَابُ عَلَىٰ طَائِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِلِينَ
An taqooloo innama onzila alkitabu AAala ta-ifatayni min qablina wa-in kunna AAan dirasatihim laghafileena
Lest you say, "Only was revealed the Book on the two groups before us, and indeed we were about their study certainly unaware."
It has been given to you] lest you say, "Only unto two groups of people, [both of them] before our time, has a divine writ been bestowed from on high and we were indeed unaware of their teachings";
Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study:"
Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;
Lest you should say that the Book was revealed only to two parties before us and we were truly unaware of what they read,
[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"