Surah Al-Bayyinah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 98:1 ▶

   لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ ﴿١﴾

   lam yakuni lladhīna kafarū min 'ahli l-kitābi wal-mushrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā ta'tiyahumu l-bayyinah

   Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence –

   i.e., from their erroneous beliefs and superstitions.

2. 98:2 ▶

   رَسُولٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتْلُوا۟ صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً ﴿٢﴾

   rasūlum mina llāhi yatlū ṣuḥufam muṭahharah

   A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

   i.e., containing no falsehood.

3. 98:3 ▶

   فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ ﴿٣﴾

   fīhā kutubun qayyimah

   Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

4. 98:4 ▶

   وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ ﴿٤﴾

   wamā tafarraqa lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba 'illā mim baʿdi mā jā'at-humu l-bayyinah

   Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.

   Into sects and denominations.

5. 98:5 ▶

   وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ ﴿٥﴾

   wamā 'umirū 'illā liyaʿbudu llāha mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna ḥunafā'a wayuqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wayu'tu z-zakāh | wadhālika dīnu l-qayyimah

   And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

6. 98:6 ▶

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ ﴿٦﴾

   inna lladhīna kafarū min 'ahli l-kitābi wal-mushrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā | ulā'ika hum sharru l-bariyyah

   Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.

7. 98:7 ▶

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ ﴿٧﴾

   inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti 'ulā'ika hum khayru l-bariyyah

   Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

8. 98:8 ▶

   جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۖ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ رَبَّهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

   jazā'uhum ʿinda rabbihim jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā 'abadā | raḍiya llāhu ʿanhum waraḍū ʿanh | dhālika liman khashiya rabbah

   Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.