سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 65
فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿65﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
But the sects from among themselves differed. So woe to those who do wrong [by ascribing things to ‘Îsâ (Jesus) that are not true] from the torment of a painful Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَٱخْتَلَفَ
fa-ikh'talafa
But differed
ٱلْأَحْزَابُ
l-aḥzābu
the factions
مِنۢ
min
from
بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ
baynihim
among them
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
so woe
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
مِنْ
min
from
عَذَابِ
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
يَوْمٍ
yawmin
(of the) Day
أَلِيمٍ
alīmin
painful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
65. 1. By this are meant the Jews and Christians; the Jews found fault with ‘Isa (Jesus) ؑ and, God forbid, declared him to be illegitimate, while the Christians, in exaggeration, made him into a deity. Or, it refers to the various sects among the Christians themselves, who have severe disagreements about ‘Isa (Jesus) ؑ: one calls him the son of Allah, another calls him Allah, a third says he is one of the Trinity, and one sect, just like the Muslims, acknowledges him as a servant of Allah and His messenger.
