Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | VERILY, as for those who have broken the unity of their faith and have become sects - thou hast nothing to do with them. Behold, their case rests with God: and in time He will make them understand what they were doing. |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do. | |
Shakir | | Surely they who divided their religion into parts and became sects, you have no concern with them; their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they did. | |
Yusuf Ali | | As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did. | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Truly, those who separated and divided their way of life and had been partisans, be thou not concerned with them at all. Truly, their affair is only with God. Again, He will tell them what they had been accomplishing. | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Have nothing to do with those who have split up their religion into sects. Their case rests with God; He will tell them about what they used to do. | |
T.B.Irving | | Concerning those who permit divisions in their religion and form sects, you should have nothing to do with them in any way. Their case rests entirely with God; soon He will notify them about whatever they have been doing. | |
[Al-Muntakhab] | | Indeed, those who broke the unity of their religion and separated it into parts in fact and in thought, in opinion and in feeling and in interest and set themselves at variance shall have much to answer for; you are not a part of them nor have you a personal relation with them nor will you be responsible for the way they conduct themselves in life. Their account rests with Allah Who shall inform them in Day of Judgement of all that they perpetrated of wrong doings. | |
[Progressive Muslims] | | Those who have divided their system and become sects, you are not with them in anything. Their matter will be with God, then He will inform them of what they had done. | |
Abdel Haleem | | As for those who have divided their religion and broken up into factions, have nothing to do with them [Prophet]. Their case rests with God: in time He will tell them about their deeds. | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Verily those who have split their religion and become sects, thou art not amongst them in aught: their affair is only with Allah. Then He will declare unto them that which they were wont to do. | |
Ahmed Ali | | That those who separated (divided) their religion, and were groups/parties , you are not from them in a thing, but their matter/affair (is) to God, then He informs them with what they were making/doing. | |
Aisha Bewley | | As for those who divide up their deen and form into sects, you have nothing whatsoever to do with them. Their affair will go back to Allah and then He will inform them about what they did. | |
Ali Ünal | | Those who have made divisions in their Religion (whereas they must accept it in its totality), and have been divided into different parties – you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with God, and then He will make them understand what they were doing. | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Indeed those who split up their religion and became sects, you will not have anything to do with them. Their matter rests only with Allah; then He will inform them concerning what they used to do. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Verily, those who have caused a split in their religion and became (divided into) sects you have no concern whatsoever with them. Their case will come before Allah, then He will (judge it) and will fully inform them of what they have been doing. | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Verily, those who divided their religion and became sectarians, you have no concern with them. Their affair is in the hands of Allah, He will then inform them of that which they used to do. | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Surely the ones who have caused disunity in their religion and (become) sects, you are not one of them in anything; surely their Command (i.e., the Command of Allah to them) is only to Allah; thereafter He will fully inform them of whatever they were performing. | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Some of those who have divided their religion into different sects are not your concern. Their affairs are in the hands of God Who will show them all that they have done. | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Surely, those who have made divisions in their religion and turned into factions, you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with Allah alone; then He will tell them what they have been doing. | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | (There is only one Straight Path.) O Messenger! Those who break the unity of their DEEN and become sects, you have nothing to do with them whatsoever. Behold, their case will go to Allah and He will tell them what they had been doing. | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Verily, as for those who divide their religion and break it up into sects, you have no part in them in the least: Their affair is with Allah: He will tell them the Truth in the end of all that they did. | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything. Their affair is only [left] to Allah ; then He will inform them about what they used to do. | |
Farook Malik | | Surely those who divide the religion into sects and identify themselves as a sect, O Muhammad, you have nothing to do with them. Their case will be called to account by Allah Himself, He will inform them as to what they did. | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | Indeed, you have nothing to do with those who cause schisms, and divide their faith into sects. The decision in their case rests with Allah; He will (pass His verdict and) tell them what they used to do. | |
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | Surely those who have broken up their religion (by introducing segregated paths) and have divided into (different) sects, you are not (concerned with or responsible for) them in any matter. Their case is only with Allah. Then He would let them know what they used to do. | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | You have nothing to do with those who have divided their religions and created different sects [and dividing the entire humanity into fighting groups.] God [in the Day of Judgment] will take care of them and bring the severity of their crime into their attention. | |
| Faridul Haque | | You (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) have no concern with those who divided their religion and became several groups; their case is only with Allah - He will then inform them of what they used to do. | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | You have nothing to do with those who have made divisions in their religion and become sects. Their affair is with Allah and He will inform them of what they have done. | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | As for those who split up their religion and became sects, thou hast no concern with them. Their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they did. | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | As for those who have created schisms in their order, and formed different sects, you have no concern with them. Their affair is with God. He will tell them the truth of what they were doing. | |
Sher Ali | | As for those who split up their religion and became divided into sects, thou hast no concern at all with them. Surely, their affair is with ALLAH, then shall HE inform them of what they used to do. | |
Yusuf Ali (org.) | | As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with God: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did. | |
Rashad Khalifa | | Those who divide themselves into sects do not belong with you. Their judgment rests with GOD, then He will inform them of everything they had done. | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Verily, those who divided their religion and have become sects (religious groupings and cults) — you are not from among them in any way — certainly it is that their case goes to Allah, then He will inform them about what they had been indulging in. | |
Hilali & Khan | | Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad SAW) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do. | |
Maududi | | Surely you have nothing to do with those who have made divisions in their religion and become factions. Their matter is with Allah and He will indeed tell them (in time) what they have been doing. | |
