Surah Al Bayyinah

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتٰبِ وَالْمُشْرِكِيْنَ مُنْفَكِّيْنَ حَتّٰى تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُۙ

   Lam yakunil-lażīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-musyrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā ta'tiyahumul-bayyinah(tu).

   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:

2. رَسُوْلٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ يَتْلُوْا صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةًۙ

   Rasūlum minallāhi yatlū ṣuḥufam muṭahharah(tan).

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

3. فِيْهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ ۗ

   Fīhā kutubun qayyimah(tun).

   containing upright commandments.

4. وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَاۤءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ ۗ

   Wa mā tafarraqal-lażīna ūtul-kitāba illā mim ba‘di mā jā'athumul-bayyinah(tu).

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

5. وَمَآ اُمِرُوْٓا اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ ەۙ حُنَفَاۤءَ وَيُقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَذٰلِكَ دِيْنُ الْقَيِّمَةِۗ

   Wa mā umirū illā liya‘budullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīn(a), ḥunafā'a wa yuqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa yu'tuz-zakāta wa żālika dīnul-qayyimah(ti).

   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.

6. اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتٰبِ وَالْمُشْرِكِيْنَ فِيْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَاۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِۗ

   Innal-lażīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-musyrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā, ulā'ika hum syarrul-bariyyah(ti).

   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.

7. اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِۗ

   Innal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti ulā'ika hum khairul-bariyyah(ti).

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

8. جَزَاۤؤُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَآ اَبَدًا ۗرَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوْا عَنْهُ ۗ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ رَبَّهٗ ࣖ

   Jazā'uhum ‘inda rabbihim jannātu ‘adnin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā abadā(n), raḍiyallāhu ‘anhum wa raḍū ‘anh(u), żālika liman khasyiya rabbah(ū).

   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.