Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:53

23:53

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna

But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.

— Saheeh International

but they have split their community into sects, each rejoicing in their own.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But they (men) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in what is with it (as its beliefs).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 18Page 345meccan

Word by Word

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟fataqaṭṭaʿūBut they cut off
أَمْرَهُمamrahumtheir affair (of unity)
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
زُبُرًۭاۖzuburan(into) sects
كُلُّkullueach
حِزْبٍۭḥiz'binfaction
بِمَاbimāin what
لَدَيْهِمْladayhimthey have
فَرِحُونَfariḥūnarejoicing