The Holy Quran 43:65 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

Translation

However, (despite his clear teachings) the parties (among his followers) differed between themselves (and divided into many denominations). May the oppressors (the Kuffaar) suffer the destruction (calamity) of a painful day's punishment!

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, differences arose: the Jews rejected him and the Christians acknowledged him. Then the Christians, as time went on, split into many sects: some call the Messiah the son of Allah, some call him one of three gods, and some say something else. Not one of them is on the original teaching of the Messiah ﵇.

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