Sura-45 [Al-Jathiyah Mecca 65]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s version:

وَآتَيْنَاهُم بَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءهُمْ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ...

45:17. And We granted them clear Signs in affairs (of Religion):

it was only after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into schisms, through insolent envy among themselves.

C4754. Cf. 10:93.

The Jews were the more to blame that they fell from Grace after all the divine favours which they had enjoyed. Their schisms and differences arose from mutual envy, which was rebellious insolence against Allah.

As the next verse shows, some of them (not all) rejected the mission of the holy Prophet, also through envy that a Prophet had come among the Arabians.

C4755. Cf. 2:90, and that whole passage, with its notes.

...إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgement as to those matters in which they set up differences.

Asad’s Version:

45:17 And We gave them clear indications of the purpose [of faith]; 15 and it was only after all this knowledge had been vouchsafed to them that they began, out of mutual jealousy, to hold divergent views:" [but,] verily, thy Sustainer will judge between them on Resurrection Day regarding all whereon they were wont to differ.