But then they divided up their order into different creeds, each section rejoicing in what it had come to have.
But their nations broke their tasks into pieces; every group happy with what it has.
But they split in their affair between them into sects, each party rejoicing in what is with them.
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].
Then they cut their affair among them in regard to the Scriptures: each band in that which is with them rejoicing.
But they (men) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its belief.
But they tore themselves into sects; each party happy with what they have.
But people later cut up their religion into bits, each group rejoicing in what they have.
But they have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in what is with it.
But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets.
But they fragmented their religion among themselves, each party boasting about what it had.
Yet they have split their affairs between themselves into sects, each rejoicing in what it has.
But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
The people divided themselves into many sects, each with their own book and each happy with whatever they had.
But they cut off their religion among themselves into sects, each part rejoicing in that which is with them.
Fataqa<u>tt</u>aAAoo amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu <u>h</u>izbin bim<u>a</u> ladayhim fari<u>h</u>oon<b>a</b>
Yet they divided themselves into factions, each rejoicing in what they had.
But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into sects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
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.
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.
<p>فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا But they split up ways from one another (dividing themselves) into factions - 23:53). The word زُبُر is the plural of زُبُور meaning a book, and the verse would mean that Allah had commanded all prophets and their followers to adhere to the one and only faith revealed by Him in all matters relating to the basic principles and beliefs. But the followers of different prophets split up into groups and sects and each one of them chose a different way of life and adopted a different book in which the beliefs of each group and sect were recorded. Sometimes زبر is used for the plural of زُبرَہ (zubrah) meaning "fragment" or "group". This meaning is more appropriate here and the meaning of the verse would be that these people were divided into sects even in the matter of fundamental beliefs of their religion. It should be noted that the difference of opinion among the mujtahidin (competent Shari` ah Scholars) in some minor issues is not included in this division which is condemned in this verse, because these differences do not cause a division of the religion, nor do the people maintaining these differences become separate sects. Giving these interpretative and subsidiary differences a sectarian colour is the height of ignorance and no religious scholar would support it.</p>
فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا But they split up ways from one another (dividing themselves) into factions - 23:53). The word زُبُر is the plural of زُبُور meaning a book, and the verse would mean that Allah had commanded all prophets and their followers to adhere to the one and only faith revealed by Him in all matters relating to the basic principles and beliefs. But the followers of different prophets split up into groups and sects and each one of them chose a different way of life and adopted a different book in which the beliefs of each group and sect were recorded. Sometimes زبر is used for the plural of زُبرَہ (zubrah) meaning "fragment" or "group". This meaning is more appropriate here and the meaning of the verse would be that these people were divided into sects even in the matter of fundamental beliefs of their religion. It should be noted that the difference of opinion among the mujtahidin (competent Shari` ah Scholars) in some minor issues is not included in this division which is condemned in this verse, because these differences do not cause a division of the religion, nor do the people maintaining these differences become separate sects. Giving these interpretative and subsidiary differences a sectarian colour is the height of ignorance and no religious scholar would support it.