Surah Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. لم يكن الذين كفروا من أهل الكتاب والمشركين منفكين حتى تأتيهم البينة

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   The faithless from among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not set apart [from the community of the faithful] until the proof had come to them:

   lam yakuni lladhīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi wa-l-mushrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā taʾtiyahumu l-bayyinatu

2. رسول من الله يتلو صحفا مطهرة

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   an apostle from Allah reciting impeccable scriptures,

   rasūlun mina llāhi yatlū ṣuḥufan muṭahharatan

3. فيها كتب قيمة

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   wherein are upright writings.

   fīhā kutubun qayyimatun

4. وما تفرق الذين أوتوا الكتاب إلا من بعد ما جاءتهم البينة

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   Those who were given the Book did not divide except after the proof had come to them.

   wa-mā tafarraqa lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyinatu

5. وما أمروا إلا ليعبدوا الله مخلصين له الدين حنفاء ويقيموا الصلاة ويؤتوا الزكاة وذلك دين القيمة

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   Though they were not commanded except to worship Allah, dedicating their faith to Him as men of pure faith, and to maintain the prayer and pay the zakat. That is the upright religion.

   wa-mā ʾumirū ʾillā li-yaʿbudū llāha mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna ḥunafāʾa wa-yuqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-yuʾtū z-zakāta wa-dhālika dīnu l-qayyimati

6. إن الذين كفروا من أهل الكتاب والمشركين في نار جهنم خالدين فيها أولئك هم شر البرية

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   Indeed the faithless from among the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of hell, to remain in it [forever]. It is they who are the worst of creatures.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi wa-l-mushrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā ʾulāʾika hum sharru l-bariyyati

7. إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك هم خير البرية

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   Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—it is they who are the best of creatures.

   ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ʾulāʾika hum khayru l-bariyyati