Quran 23:53 — Al-Muminoon, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but they have split their community into sects, each rejoicing in their own.
فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But they split in their affair between them into sects, each party rejoicing in what is with them.
- Muhammad Asad
- But they (who claim to follow you) have torn their unity wide asunder, piece by piece, each group delighting in [but] what they themselves possess [by way of tenets].
- Sahih International
- But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟fataqaṭṭaʿū | But they cut off | قطع |
| 2 | أَمْرَهُمamrahum | their affair (of unity) | أمر |
| 3 | بَيْنَهُمْbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 4 | زُبُرًۭا ۖzuburan | (into) sects | زبر |
| 5 | كُلُّkullu | each | كلل |
| 6 | حِزْبٍۭḥiz'bin | faction | حزب |
| 7 | بِمَاbimā | in what | — |
| 8 | لَدَيْهِمْladayhim | they have | — |
| 9 | فَرِحُونَfariḥūna | rejoicing | فرح |