أَن تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَـٰفِلِينَ
an taqūlū innamā unzila l-kitābu ʿalā ṭāifatayni min qablinā wa-in kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laghāfilīna
[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"
— Saheeh International
lest you say, ‘Scriptures were only sent down to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied,’
— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
Lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: "The Book was sent down only to two sects before us (the Jews and the Christians), and for our part, we were in fact unaware of what they studied."
— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali