Al-Baiyinah
لَمۡ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ
(98:1) Those who disbelieved1 – be they from the People of the
Book or from those who associated2 others with Allah in His Divinity
– will not desist from unbelief until the Clear Proof should come to them;3
Book or from those who associated2 others with Allah in His Divinity
– will not desist from unbelief until the Clear Proof should come to them;3
رَسُولٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتۡلُواْ صُحُفٗا مُّطَهَّرَةٗ
(98:2) a Messenger4 from Allah, reciting from Purified Scrolls;5
فِيهَا كُتُبٞ قَيِّمَةٞ
(98:3) in writings wherein are scriptures, absolutely true and unerring.
وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ
(98:4) Nor did those to whom the Book had been given split up until after
the Proof (of the Right Way) had come to them.6
the Proof (of the Right Way) had come to them.6
وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمَةِ
(98:5) Yet all that they had been commanded was that they serve Allah, with
utter sincerity, devoting themselves exclusively to Him, and that they establish
Prayer and pay Zakah. That is the Right Faith.7
utter sincerity, devoting themselves exclusively to Him, and that they establish
Prayer and pay Zakah. That is the Right Faith.7