Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 53 (23:53)

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فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

Quran 23:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 345 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:53
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟أَمْرَهُمبَيْنَهُمْزُبُرًا ۖكُلُّحِزْبٍۭبِمَالَدَيْهِمْفَرِحُونَ٥٣
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.(53)

Word by word

  1. فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟fataqaṭṭaʿūBut they cut off
  2. أَمْرَهُمamrahumtheir affair (of unity)
  3. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
  4. زُبُرًا ۖzuburan(into) sects
  5. كُلُّkullueach
  6. حِزْبٍۭḥiz'binfaction
  7. بِمَاbimāin what
  8. لَدَيْهِمْladayhimthey have
  9. فَرِحُونَfariḥūnarejoicing

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