Surah Al-Bayyinah

Verse 98:1

لَمْ یَكُنِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتٰبِ وَالْمُشْرِكِیْنَ مُنْفَكِّیْنَ حَتّٰی تَاْتِیَهُمُ الْبَیِّنَةُ ۟ۙ

Lam yakunil laẓeena kafaroo min ʹAhlil Kitaabi wal-Mushrikeena muñ-fakkeena ḥattaa taʹtiyahumul Bayyinah,

The disbelievers from the People of the Book and the polytheists were not going to desist ˹from disbelief˺ until the clear proof came to them:

Verse 98:2

رَسُوْلٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ یَتْلُوْا صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً ۟ۙ

Rasoolum minal laahi yatloo ṣuḥufam muṭahharah,

a messenger from Allah, reciting scrolls of ˹utmost˺ purity,

Verse 98:3

فِیْهَا كُتُبٌ قَیِّمَةٌ ۟ؕ

Feehaa kutubuñ q̣ayyimah.

containing upright commandments.

Verse 98:4

وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ الْبَیِّنَةُ ۟ؕ

Wa-maa tafarraq̣al laẓeena ʹootul Kitaaba ʹillaa mim baʻdi maa- jaaa-ʹathumul Bayyinah.

It was not until this clear proof came to the People of the Book that they became divided ˹about his prophethood˺—

Verse 98:5

وَمَاۤ اُمِرُوْۤا اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِیْنَ لَهُ الدِّیْنَ ۙ۬ حُنَفَآءَ وَیُقِیْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَیُؤْتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَذٰلِكَ دِیْنُ الْقَیِّمَةِ ۟ؕ

Wa-maaa ʹumirooo ʹillaa liyaʻbudul laaha mukhliṣeena lahud Deen: ḥunafaaaʹa wa-yuq̣eemuṣ Ṣalaata wa-yuʹtuz Zakaata wa-ẓaalika Deenul Q̣ayyimah.

even though they were only commanded to worship Allah ˹alone˺ with sincere devotion to Him in all uprightness, establish prayer, and pay alms-tax. That is the upright Way.

Verse 98:6

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتٰبِ وَالْمُشْرِكِیْنَ فِیْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَا ؕ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِیَّةِ ۟ؕ

ʹInnal laẓeena kafaroo min ʹAhlil Kitaabi wal-Mushrikeena fee naari Jahannama khaalideena feehaa. ʹUlaaaʹika hum sharrul bariyyah.

Indeed, those who disbelieve from the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the Fire of Hell, to stay there forever. They are the worst of ˹all˺ beings.

Verse 98:7

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ ۙ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ ۟ؕ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati ʹu-laaaʹika hum khayrul bariyyah.

Indeed, those who believe and do good—they are the best of ˹all˺ beings.

Verse 98:8

جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاۤ اَبَدًا ؕ رَضِیَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوْا عَنْهُ ؕ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِیَ رَبَّهٗ ۟۠

Jazaaaʹuhum ʻiñda Rabbihim Jannaatu ʻadniñ tajree miñ taḥtihal ʹanhaaru khaalideena feehaaa ʹabadaa: raḍiyal laahu ʻanhum wa-raḍoo ʻanh: ẓaalika liman khashiya Rabbah.

Their reward with their Lord will be Gardens of Eternity, under which rivers flow, to stay there for ever and ever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. This is ˹only˺ for those in awe of their Lord.