☪️ Quran Chapter 98 The Clear Proof - Al Bayyinah سورة البينة

Revelation place: Medina

Revelation order: 100

Number of verses: 8

Theme:

 This Surah emphasizes that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sent as the clear proof (Bayyinah) long awaited by the People of the Book, who had gone astray despite previously receiving divine guidance.

Their division and misguidance occurred only after the truth had come to them, making them fully accountable for their choices. As an example, the Jews continued to await the promised Prophet, but when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) came with clear signs, many rejected him. Similarly, some Christian denominations interpret the promised figure as the Holy Spirit, not as a future prophet, and both groups have historically dismissed Muhammad (pbuh) as a false prophet, despite the evidence and clarity of his message. 

The Surah reaffirms that the essence of true religion has always been to worship Allah alone with sincerity to His straight path, establish prayer, and give Zakah (charity).

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the condemned.

With the name of Allah, The Gracious The Merciful.

(Acknowledge and declare that Allah is the author of the Quran)

1- Was not those who disbelieved from among the people of the book and the polytheist (Who takes partner with Allah), disconnecting (abandoning their misguided believes), until there come to them the clear proof (The awaited prophet mentioned in their books)

2- A messenger from Allah that recites purified scripture

3- In it valuable writing (valuable, sound, and noble morals, and contain no errors and contradiction)

4- And did not divide the people who were brought to the book, until after had come to them the clear proof (Some of them denied Muhammed (pbuh) and some of them believed in him. However, before he was sent, they were not divided concerning his description as the promised awaited messenger in their books)

5- And they were not commanded but to worship Allah, being sincere to His religion, inclining (inclining away from other believes and centered only towards Allah’s straight path,), and to establish prayer and to bring Zakat (Charity), and that is the religion of straightness (The religion that is straight, firm, clear and has no crookedness in it)

6- Indeed, those who disbelieved from among the people of the book and the polytheist, in the fire of Gahanna, abiding in it, they are the worst creation (That is created from dust)

7- Indeed, those who believed and did righteousness, they are the best of creation

8- Their rewards at their God, gardens of residence, beneath which rivers flow, abiding in in fore, Allah pleased about them (For their obedience and for their deeds), and they pleased with Him (For His rewards) and that is for that who was pious to his God

Disclaimer:

The Holy Quran, in its essence, is a divine revelation that can only be fully appreciated in its original Arabic language. Any translation or interpretation, including the one presented here, is not and cannot be a replacement for the Arabic Holy Quran. I intended to offer an English rendering that remains faithful to the original Arabic. I am neither a scholar nor do I possess any formal Islamic qualifications. My approach to this translation is empirical, drawing upon my readings of selected scholarly interpretations, personal experiences, and understanding of the Holy Quran as a Muslim native Arabic speaker.