Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:53 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 53 / 118 · Page 345
ۖ فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
Word by Word
ۖ
فَتَقَطَّعُوا
fataqatta'u
But they cut off
أَمْرَهُم
amrahum
their affair (of unity)
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
between them
زُبُرًا
zuburan
(into) sects
كُلُّ
kullu
each
حِزْبٍ
hiz'bin
faction
بِمَا
bima
in what
لَدَيْهِمْ
ladayhim
they have
فَرِحُونَ
farihuna
rejoicing
Transliteration
Fataqatta'ooo amrahum bainahum zuburaa; kullu hizbim bimaa ladaihim farihoon
Translation
But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
After they passed away, their followers were divided in religion and became sects and groups, with each group conceited in believing that whatever it believed in was the true acceptable religion according to Allah, disregarding the views of anyone else.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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