The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:93

The Prophets · Verse 93 of 112

وَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

But they (- the latter generations) split up their affair (of religion) among themselves (and became divided into factions), and all will return to Us.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from another: (yet) will they all return to Us.

Ahmed Ali

But they split up the order among themselves; (yet) all of them have to come back to Me.

11 more translations

Ali Unal

But people have broken up and differed among themselves as regards the Religion. But they are all bound to return to Us (to account for all that they did).

Daryabadi

And they cut up their affair among them: , all are unto Us returners.

Faridul Haque

And others have shattered their works into pieces among themselves; all have to return to Us.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they cut off their affair among them: To Us will all return.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they split up their affair among themselves and all will return to US.

Muhammad Musin Khan

But they have broken up and differed as regards their religion among themselves. (And) they all shall return to Us.

Muhammad Pickthall

And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us.

Muhammad Sarwar

People have divided themselves into many sects, but all will return to Us.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they broke their religion (into sects) between them: to Us shall all come back.

Rashad Khalifa

However, they divided themselves into disputing religions. All of them will come back to us (for judgment).

Shabbir Ahmed

But disregarding the command, they cut off their unity, (forgetting that) to Us all of them are bound to return.

Commentary 21:93 The sudden turn of the discourse from the second-person plural to third-person is indicative of Allâh’s disapproval, i.e., His turning away from those…

وَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُونَ

21:93 The sudden turn of the discourse from the second-person plural to third-person is indicative of Allâh’s disapproval, i.e., His turning away from those who tried to break the believers unity.