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
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65. Then various groups among them differed among themselves [64]. So woe to the wrongdoers from the punishment of a painful day.
[64]
The Disputes of the Children of Israel Regarding Sayyiduna Isa:
Despite the guidance of Sayyiduna Isa ؑ, the Children of Israel did not refrain from their disputes and sectarianism. Furthermore, they committed an even greater injustice by creating differences regarding the very person of Sayyiduna Isa, thereby increasing these disputes even more. One sect among the Children of Israel accused Lady Maryam and became such enemies of Sayyiduna Isa ؑ that, with the cooperation of the ruling government, they thought they had crucified him. And those who believed in Sayyiduna Isa ؑ went to the other extreme. Some considered him the son of Allah, some regarded him as one of three gods, and some declared him to be Allah Himself. Then, in support of their respective positions, they acted with such stubbornness and obstinacy that countless sects came into existence and began to quarrel and fight with each other.
[64]
The Disputes of the Children of Israel Regarding Sayyiduna Isa:
Despite the guidance of Sayyiduna Isa ؑ, the Children of Israel did not refrain from their disputes and sectarianism. Furthermore, they committed an even greater injustice by creating differences regarding the very person of Sayyiduna Isa, thereby increasing these disputes even more. One sect among the Children of Israel accused Lady Maryam and became such enemies of Sayyiduna Isa ؑ that, with the cooperation of the ruling government, they thought they had crucified him. And those who believed in Sayyiduna Isa ؑ went to the other extreme. Some considered him the son of Allah, some regarded him as one of three gods, and some declared him to be Allah Himself. Then, in support of their respective positions, they acted with such stubbornness and obstinacy that countless sects came into existence and began to quarrel and fight with each other.
