Al-Bayyinah
The Clear Proof
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البينة
لَمْ Not lam were yakuni those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū from min (the) People ahli of the Book l-kitābi and the polytheists wal-mush'rikīna to be abandoned munfakkīna until ḥattā (there) comes to them tatiyahumu the clear evidence 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
رَسُولٌۭ A Messenger rasūlun from mina Allah l-lahi reciting yatlū pages ṣuḥufan purified muṭahharatan
A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures
فِيهَا Wherein fīhā (are) writings kutubun correct qayyimatun
Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].
وَمَا And not wamā became divided tafarraqa those who alladhīna were given ūtū the Book l-kitāba until illā from min after baʿdi what mā came (to) them jāathumu (of) the clear evidence l-bayinatu
Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.
وَمَآ And not wamā they were commanded umirū except illā to worship liyaʿbudū Allah l-laha (being) sincere mukh'liṣīna to Him lahu (in) the religion l-dīna upright ḥunafāa and to establish wayuqīmū the prayer l-ṣalata and to give wayu'tū the zakah l-zakata And that wadhālika (is the) religion dīnu the correct 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.