Ar-Rum 30:32
The Romans · Meccan · Juz 21 · Page 407
Those Who Divided Their Religion
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُواْ دِينَهُمۡ وَكَانُواْ شِيَعࣰاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ٣٢
Of those who split up their religion and became schismatics, each sect exulting in its tenets.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Of those who divided their religion and became sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, they acted not with an open spirit and broad conscience grasping universal nature, but each with its own particular whim.
Reflect
Seek unity, not division, in religion.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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