98- Surat Albayyinah

 98- Surat Albayyinah

8 Verses - Maddani (revealed in Medina)

A'auzu Bellahi mena ash-shytani ar-rajim

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan

Bismi Ellahi Ar-rhmani Ar-rahim

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

Lam yakuni allazina kafaruo min ahli alkitabi wa almushrikeena munfakeena hatta ta'tyahumuo albayyinah (1).

Those who disbelieved among the people of the scripture and the polytheists were not to ceased until there comes to them a clear proof.

Rasuolun mena Allahi yattluo suhufan mutaharah (2).

A Messenger from Allah, reciting purified pages.

Fiha kutubun qayyimah (3).

Wherein a valuable books.

Wa ma tafarraqa allazina auto elketaba ella men ba'di ma ja'at-humuo albayyinah (4).

And those who were given the book did not became divided until after the clear proof had come to them. 

Wa ma umeruo ella lya'buduo Allaha mukhleseena lahhu aldina hunafaa wa yuqemuo as-salata wa you'too az-zakata wa zaleka dinuo alqayyimah (5).

And they were not ordered but to worship Allah, being upright to Him in the religion and being upright, and to establish the prayer, and to give the charity, and that is the straight religion.

Inna allazina kafaruo men ahli elketabi wa almushrikeena fi narri jahannama khalideena feeha aulaeka hum sharruo albaryyiah (6).

Verily, those who disbelieved among the people of the scripture and the polytheists will be in the hellfire being immortal therein, those are the worst of the creatures. 

Inna allazina  amanuo wa ameluo as-salehati aulaeka hum khairuo albaryyiah (7).

Verily, those who believed and did righteous deeds, those are the best of the creatures.

Jazauhum enda Rabbihim jannatuo adnen tajree men tahteha alanharuo khalideena feeha abadan radia Allahu anhum wa raduo anhu zalika leman khashiya Rabbah (8).

Their reward is with their Lord, gardens of Eden beneath which rivers flow, being immortal forever therein, Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him, that is for whoever has feared his Lord.

Simplified interpretation:

 Surat Albayyinah describes the situation of the disbelievers from among the people of the scripture and the polytheists from the advent of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), where they scattered about Him, and there were those who believed and those who disbelieved, and as a result there were the companions of paradise, and the companions of hellfire. And as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "The Prophet (PBUH) said to Ubai Allah has ordered Me to recite Quran to you, Ubai asked Did Allah mention me by name yo You?, the Prophet said Allah has mentioned your name to Me, on that Ubai started weeping, the sub narrator Qatada added I have been informed that the Prophet recited those who disbelieved among the people of the scripture and the polytheists were not to ceased until there comes to them a clear proof to Ubai" (Sahih Albukhari 4960). 

 Allah says in the first verse that they were not to ceased until there comes to them a clear proof, and it was said that they do not get ride of their disbelief unless there came to them Albayyinah, but there were some commentators who said that they were not to died until there comes to them Albayyinah.

 Then Allah Almighty says in the following verse (2) that Albayyinah is a Messenger from Allah, reciting purified pages, it is the Holy Quran which is free from all impurities for Allah says in Surat Alwaqi'ah Ayat (77-79): "Indeed, it is the Noble Quran, in a well-protected book, that is not touched except by the purified ones". The purified pages consists of a valuable books which have no mistake because they are from Allah, and they are the straight path for all humanity.

 The people of the scripture have apparent description of our Prophet Muhammad in their book for Allah Almighty says in Surat Ala'araf Aya (157): "Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah, and the Gospel", but as it was mentioned in the fourth verse, when He was sent they became divided.

 They were not commanded nothing more than worship Allah, and not associate with him any other thing, being upright and submissive to him, and being sincere to him in religion, and to observe prayer and to give Zakat, and this is the upright and just religion Aya (5). 

 So the sixth verse informs us about the state of those who disbelieved among the people of the scripture and the polytheists in the hereafter, they will be immortal in the hellfire as a recompense of their rejection to believe in Allah and to believe in His Messenger (Muhammad PBUH). And hence they will be the worst of the creatures.

 But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, they will be immortal forever in gardens of Eden beneath which rivers flow, and Eden is one of the names of Paradise, and Allah will be well-pleased with them and they will be well-pleased with Him due to the favor He has bestowed upon them, and hence they will be the best of the creatures Ayat (7,8).

 This reward will be for whoever has feared his Lord as He deserves to be feared, the one who fears Allah will fulfill what Allah ordered him and will stay away from what He prohibited him, and Allah says in Surat Alrahman Aya (46): "And for the one who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens". 

 

No one Knows its interpretation except Allah