سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 159
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ شِيَعًا لَّسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِى شَىْءٍ ۚ إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿159﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allâh, Who then will tell them what they used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
فَرَّقُوا۟
farraqū
divide
دِينَهُمْ
dīnahum
their religion
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and become
شِيَعًۭا
shiyaʿan
sects
لَّسْتَ
lasta
you are not
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
with them
فِى
fī
in
شَىْءٍ ۚ
shayin
anything
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَمْرُهُمْ
amruhum
their affair
إِلَى
ilā
(is) with
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُنَبِّئُهُم
yunabbi-uhum
He will inform them
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
do
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.
159. 1 Some people take this to refer to the Jews and Christians who were divided into different sects. Some take it to refer to the polytheists, that some polytheists worshipped angels, some worshipped stars, and some worshipped various idols. But this verse is general, that all those people are included in it, including disbelievers and polytheists, who, leaving the religion of Allah and the path of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, adopt another religion or another way, thus choosing the path of division and discord. The meaning of "Shi'a" is sects and groups, and this applies to every nation that was united in matters of religion, but then various individuals among them, considering the opinion of one of their leaders as authoritative and final, separated their path, even if that opinion was against the truth and correctness.
