The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:53

The Believers · Verse 53 of 118

فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

But the people, (rather than preserve their unity) split up their affair among themselves (forming themselves into factions) considering (each portion thus split up) as (the real) Scripture, every faction rejoicing in that which was with them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into sects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.

Ahmed Ali

But then they divided up their order into different creeds, each section rejoicing in what it had come to have.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

But people, having broken up into groups, differed among themselves as regards the Religion, each group proudly rejoicing in the portion they have.

Daryabadi

Then they cut their affair among them in regard to the Scriptures: each band in that which is with them rejoicing.

Faridul Haque

But their nations broke their tasks into pieces; every group happy with what it has.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But they became divided into sects, each party rejoicing in that which was with them.

Maulvi Sher Ali

But the people have cut up their affair among themselves, forming themselves into parties, each group 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].

Muhammad Musin Khan

But they (men) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its belief.

Muhammad Pickthall

But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets.

Muhammad Sarwar

The people divided themselves into many sects, each with their own book and each happy with whatever they had.

Muhammed ali Shakir

But they cut off their religion among themselves into sects, each part rejoicing in that which is with them.

Rashad Khalifa

But they tore themselves into disputing factions; each party happy with what they have.

Shabbir Ahmed

But they (mankind) have torn their affair of unity between them into sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has.