Tafsir for verse: 23:53
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرٗاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ٥٣ ﴿53﴾
53But they split up ways from one another (dividing themselves) into factions, each faction happy with what lies before it.
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Commentary
And it was recited as 'Zuburan', the plural of 'Zabur', meaning: different books. This means: they made their religion into religions, and 'Zuburan' means pieces. It is borrowed from the pieces of silver and iron. 'Zuburan' has a softened 'b', like 'Rasul' in 'Rusul', meaning: each group among these differing ones who have divided their religion, is happy with their falsehood, at peace in their soul, believing that they are upon the truth.
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