[For, thou art the bearer of a divine writ] such as We have bestowed from on high upon those who [afterwards] broke it up into parts

˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,

Just as We have sent down warnings for the conspiring separatists

kamā anzalnā ʿalā l-muq'tasimīn

As We sent down on those who divided.

[For, thou art the bearer of a divine writ] such as We have bestowed from on high upon those who [afterwards] broke it up into parts

Such as We send down for those who make division

(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),

˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,

Just as We have sent down warnings for the conspiring separatists

such as We send down for those who are divisive

Like as We sent down on the divider

even as We caused to descend on the ones who are partitioners,

(such as We have sent down for the quibblers

As We have sent down (this warning) on the dividers

Such as We have sent down for those who make division

As We sent down (Our curse and disagreement) on those who divided (the Scripture out of their own whims into equal parts and thus mutilated the integrity of its Surahs) —

This warning is like the warning which We sent down to the schismatics

Just as We sent down to the separatists

Just as We sent down upon those who divide among themselves, (i.e., draw lots or divide by means of headless arrows)

(We have given you the Quran) as We had given (the Bible) to those who divided themselves into group

(to warn them that We may send down the scourge upon them) as We sent down upon the dividers

We did send down punishment upon the formulators of sects, after such warnings

Like the one We sent to those who split into groups

(Anger) as We have sent down on those who have divided (the Word of Allah in parts as they please)—

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separator

As We have sent down on the dividers

like the [warning] We have sent down for those who divide themselves into band

Even as We sent down on the dividers

Like (those) We had sent to those schismatics who slandered their Book

Just as We sent down punishment on the dissectors,

Just as We have sent down on those who make divisions

Even as We sent down on the dividers

Such as We sent down for those who make divisions

(Warning about) such (punishment) as We sent down on the dividers

As We have sent down on those who divided it

We have already spoken regarding those who divided the scripture

even as We had sent warning to those who had divided their religion into fragments

As for the dividers in what We sent down.

It is as though what We have sent down is on those who make divisions therein

As We have sent down on the dividers.

We will deal with the dividers.

So We sent it down to the partitioners

Like as We sent down on them who took oaths

As We descended on the apportioners/dividers/distributors

This warning is like the one that I sent [in the past] to those who divided their religion into different sects

(Of a punishment) Like the one We sent down upon the dividers

Because WE have decided to send down punishment on those who have formed themselves into groups against thee

The (torment) that We sent down upon the dividers (i.e., the Jews and the Christians)

Since We (have decided to) send down (this revelation full of warnings) to those who have formed themselves into factions by taking oaths (against you)

As We have sent down on the dividers, (Quraish pagans or Jews and Christians)

So We sent it down to the partitioners

If they believe not, We will inflict a like punishment on them, as We have inflicted on the dividers

As we sent down (punishment) on the separatist

We will punish those who foster divisions

As surely will We punish the schismatics, those who have broken up

The same [punishment] as We deliver to those who carved [Biblical Scriptures]…

such as We have sent down for the dividers [who divided the Quran into acceptable and unacceptable parts].

Just as We have bestowed from on high on those who later broke it into parts,

Just as We had revealed (the knowledge of the reality) to those who divide and separate (the Old and New Testaments to suit their own interests), We have also revealed it to you!

(We shall send them chastisement) as We sent down on the dividers.

Just as We had sent down a warning to those who treated Our Scriptures in the way it suited them dividing them into parts, accepting some and rejecting others

Like that We will send down (the punishment) on the dividers,

(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),

As We sent down on those who divided