Surah Al-Bayyinah for kids

Surah

98

Verses

8

Revealed in

Madinah

Meaning

The Clear Proof

1. 1

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

   lam yakuni alladhīna kafarū min ahli l-kitābi wal-mush'rikīna munfakkīna ḥattā tatiyahumu l-bayinatu

   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 –

   Word by word

   • لَمْlamNot
   • يَكُنِyakuniwere
   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
   • كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
   • مِنْminfrom
   • أَهْلِahli(the) People
   • ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābiof the Book
   • وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَwal-mush'rikīnaand the polytheists
   • مُنفَكِّينَmunfakkīnato be abandoned
   • حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
   • تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu(there) comes to them
   • ٱلْبَيِّنَةُl-bayinatuthe clear evidence
2. 2

   رَسُولٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتْلُوا۟ صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً

   rasūlun mina l-lahi yatlū ṣuḥufan muṭahharatan

   A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

   Word by word

   • رَسُولٌۭrasūlunA Messenger
   • مِّنَminafrom
   • ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
   • يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
   • صُحُفًۭاṣuḥufanpages
   • مُّطَهَّرَةًۭmuṭahharatanpurified
3. 3

   فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ

   fīhā kutubun qayyimatun

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

   Word by word

   • فِيهَاfīhāWherein
   • كُتُبٌۭkutubun(are) writings
   • قَيِّمَةٌۭqayyimatuncorrect
4. 4

   وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

   wamā tafarraqa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba illā min baʿdi mā jāathumu l-bayinatu

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

   Word by word

   • وَمَاwamāAnd not
   • تَفَرَّقَtafarraqabecame divided
   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
   • أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
   • ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
   • إِلَّاillāuntil
   • مِنۢminfrom
   • بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
   • مَاmāwhat
   • جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame (to) them
   • ٱلْبَيِّنَةُl-bayinatu(of) the clear evidence
5. 5

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

   wamā umirū illā liyaʿbudū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna ḥunafāa wayuqīmū l-ṣalata wayu'tū l-zakata wadhālika dīnu l-qayimati

   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.

   Word by word

   • وَمَآwamāAnd not
   • أُمِرُوٓا۟umirūthey were commanded
   • إِلَّاillāexcept
   • لِيَعْبُدُوا۟liyaʿbudūto worship
   • ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
   • مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
   • لَهُlahuto Him
   • ٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion
   • حُنَفَآءَḥunafāaupright
   • وَيُقِيمُوا۟wayuqīmūand to establish
   • ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
   • وَيُؤْتُوا۟wayu'tūand to give
   • ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ۚl-zakatathe zakah
   • وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
   • دِينُdīnu(is the) religion
   • ٱلْقَيِّمَةِl-qayimatithe correct
6. 6

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

   inna alladhīna kafarū min ahli l-kitābi wal-mush'rikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā ulāika hum sharru l-bariyati

   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.

   Word by word

   • إِنَّinnaIndeed
   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
   • كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
   • مِنْminfrom
   • أَهْلِahli(the) People
   • ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
   • وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَwal-mush'rikīnaand the polytheists
   • فِىfī(will be) in
   • نَارِnāri(the) Fire
   • جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
   • خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaabiding eternally
   • فِيهَآ ۚfīhātherein
   • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
   • هُمْhumthey
   • شَرُّsharru(are the) worst
   • ٱلْبَرِيَّةِl-bariyati(of) the creatures
7. 7

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

   inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti ulāika hum khayru l-bariyati

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

   Word by word

   • إِنَّinnaIndeed
   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
   • ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
   • وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
   • ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
   • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
   • هُمْhumthey
   • خَيْرُkhayru(are the) best
   • ٱلْبَرِيَّةِl-bariyati(of) the creatures
8. 8

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

   jazāuhum ʿinda rabbihim jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā abadan raḍiya l-lahu ʿanhum waraḍū ʿanhu dhālika liman khashiya rabbahu

   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.

   Word by word

   • جَزَآؤُهُمْjazāuhumTheir reward
   • عِندَʿinda(is) with
   • رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
   • جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens
   • عَدْنٍۢʿadnin(of) Eternity
   • تَجْرِىtajrīflow
   • مِنminfrom
   • تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
   • ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
   • خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide
   • فِيهَآfīhātherein
   • أَبَدًۭا ۖabadanforever
   • رَّضِىَraḍiya(will be) pleased
   • ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
   • عَنْهُمْʿanhumwith them
   • وَرَضُوا۟waraḍūand they (will be) pleased
   • عَنْهُ ۚʿanhuwith Him
   • ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
   • لِمَنْliman(is) for whoever
   • خَشِىَkhashiyafeared
   • رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.