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ʾinna lladhīna farraqū dīnahum wa-kānū shiyaʿan lasta minhum fī shayʾin ʾinnamā ʾamruhum ʾilā llāhi thumma yunabbiʾuhum bi-mā kānū yafʿalūna
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.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 159
159. "Verily those who divided their religion and became parties, you have no concern with them. Their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they used to do."
Following the explanation of 'Ten Commandments' that were discussed through previous verses, this verse, indeed, can be counted as an emphasis and a commentary upon the subject mentioned in the tenth commandment. Its content commands us to follow 'the Straight Path' and to struggle against any hypocrisy and discord. At first, it says:
It means that, in no respect you have concern with them, and they have no concern with your school of thought, because your school of thought is the school of theism and Straight Path, and there is only one 'Straight Path' for all, not more than that. Then, as a threat and reprimand against these dispersive persons, the Qur'an says:
It is noteworthy that the content of this verse is a general and common commandment about all those who cause discord among people. By creating kinds of innovations, they scatter the seeds of hypocrisy and discord amongst the servants of Allah, irrespective of those who were from the former nations, or those who are in this nation. With a full emphasis, this verse intensifies once more the fact that Islam is a religion of Unity and Oneness. It hates any kind of hypocrisy, discord and dispersion.