The Proof al-Bayyinah ( البينة )

8 verses • revealed at Medinan

»The surah that mentions the advent of the message of the Quran and its Messenger as The Proof of a decisive revelation for both the disputing People of the Scripture and the unbelievers unlettered in God’s word. It is named after “the proof” (al-bayyinah) mentioned in

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. The surah spells out the basic tenets of faith, and contrasts the Fire of Hell with the lasting bliss that will be enjoyed by the faithful.«
The surah is also known as: The Clear Evidence, The Clear Proof, The Clear Sign, The Evidence.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Transliteration: bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmⁱ

Translation: In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

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لَم يَكُنِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا مِن أَهلِ الكِتابِ وَالمُشرِكينَ مُنفَكّينَ حَتّىٰ تَأتِيَهُمُ البَيِّنَةُ

Transliteration

lam yakuni lladhīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi wa-l-mushrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā taʾtiyahumu l-bayyina^tu

Translation

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

2

رَسولٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ يَتلو صُحُفًا مُطَهَّرَةً

Transliteration

rasūlun mina llāhi yatlū ṣuḥufan muṭahhara^tan

Translation

an apostle from Allah reciting impeccable scriptures,

3

فيها كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ

Transliteration

fīhā kutubun qayyima^tun

Translation

wherein are upright writings.

4

وَما تَفَرَّقَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا الكِتابَ إِلّا مِن بَعدِ ما جاءَتهُمُ البَيِّنَةُ

Transliteration

wa-mā tafarraqa lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyina^tu

Translation

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

5

وَما أُمِروا إِلّا لِيَعبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخلِصينَ لَهُ الدّينَ حُنَفاءَ وَيُقيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَيُؤتُوا الزَّكاةَ ۚ وَذٰلِكَ دينُ القَيِّمَةِ

Transliteration

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

Translation

Yet 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 zakāt. That is the upright religion.

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إِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا مِن أَهلِ الكِتابِ وَالمُشرِكينَ في نارِ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدينَ فيها ۚ أُولٰئِكَ هُم شَرُّ البَرِيَّةِ

Transliteration

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

Translation

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.

7

إِنَّ الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ أُولٰئِكَ هُم خَيرُ البَرِيَّةِ

Transliteration

ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ʾulāʾika hum khayru l-bariyya^ti

Translation

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

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جَزاؤُهُم عِندَ رَبِّهِم جَنّاتُ عَدنٍ تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهارُ خالِدينَ فيها أَبَدًا ۖ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنهُم وَرَضوا عَنهُ ۚ ذٰلِكَ لِمَن خَشِيَ رَبَّهُ

Transliteration

jazāʾuhum ʿinda rabbihim jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan raḍiya llāhu ʿanhum wa-raḍū ʿanhu dhālika li-man khashiya rabbahū

Translation

Their reward, near their Lord, is the Gardens of Eden, with streams running in them, to remain in them forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him.