Meaning: and you fell into dispute · Also translated as: you disagree, and surely you would have disputed, dispute, they disputed
Forms in the Quran
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ×2
وَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْ×1
تَنَٰزَعْتُمْ×1
وَلَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْ×1
تَنَٰزَعُوا۟×1
فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓا۟×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
نزع الشيء: جذبه من مقره كنزع القوس عن كبده، ويستعمل ذلك في الأعراض، ومنه:
قوله تعالى: ﴿ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل﴾ [الأعراف: 43] أي أزلنا وشفينا صدورهم من ذلك. وأصل النزع جذب الأشياء من مقارها بقوة. وحقيقته في الأجرام، هو نزع القوس عن كبده: ﴿ونزعنا من كل أمة شهيدا﴾ [القصص: 75] ثم يستعمل في المعاني مجازا نحو ﴿ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل﴾. وقوله تعالى: ﴿والنازعات﴾ [النازعات: 1] أي الملائكة التي…
God did indeed fulfil
His promise to you
When ye with His permission
Were about to annihilate
Your enemy,—until ye flinched
And fell to disputing
About the order,
And disobeyed it
After He brought you in sight
(Of the Booty) which ye covet.
Among you are some
That hanker after this world
And some that desire
The Hereafter. Then did He
Divert you from your foes
In order to test you.
But He forgave you:
For God is full of grace
To those who believe.
O ye who believe!
Obey God, and obey the Apostle,
And those charged
With authority among you.
If ye differ in anything
Among yourselves, refer it
To God and His Apostle,
If ye do believe in God
And the Last Day:
That is best, and most suitable
For final determination.
Remember in thy dream
God showed them to thee
As few: if He had shown
Them to thee as many,
Ye would surely have been
Discouraged, and ye would
Surely have disputed
In (your) decision: but God
Saved (you): for He knoweth
Well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
And obey God and His Apostle;
And fall into no disputes,
Lest ye lose heart
And your power depart;
And be patient and persevering:
For God is with those
Who patiently persevere:
Thus did We make
Their case known to the people,
That they might know
That the promise of God
Is true, and that there can
Be no doubt about the Hour
Of Judgment. Behold,
They dispute among themselves
As to their affair. (Some) said,
"Construct a building over them":
Their Lord knows best
About them: those who prevailed
Over their affair said,
"Let us surely build a place
Of worship over them."