Al-Bayyinah

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

1. Those who disbelieved, from the Jews, the Christians and the idolaters, are not going to break their consensus and agreement on disbelief, until a clear proof and manifest evidence comes to them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

. Meccan or Medinese, consisting of 8 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [98:1] The disbelievers from among (min: explicative) the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, that is, the idol-worshippers ( wa’l-mushrikina is a supplement to ahl, ‘the People of’) were not going to leave off (munfakkina is the predicate of yakun, ‘were’), that is to say, they were not going to abandon their ways, until the clear proof namely, Muhammad (s), should come to them, that is, [until] it came to them; [98:2] a messenger from God ( rasulun mina’Llahi substitutes for al-ba…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

2. This clear proof and manifest evidence is a Messenger from Allah whom He has sent, and who recites pure scriptures, only the purest of beings may touch them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

3. In those scriptures is true information and fair rulings, which guide the people towards that in which lies their righteousness and decency.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ayyinatu, ‘the clear proof’), namely, the Prophet (s), reciting pages purified, of [all] falsehood, [98:3] wherein are upright precepts, written rulings that are upright, that is to say, one who recites what contains all that, and that is the Qur’an. Thus some of them believed in it, while others disbelieved. [98:4] And those who were given the Scripture did not become divided, regarding belief in him [the Prophet] (s), except after the clear proof had come to them, namely, the Prophet (s) — or the Qur’an which he brought as his miracle.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

4. The Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Gospel, did not disagree except after Allah sent His Prophet to them. There were some who became Muslims, and others who persisted in their disbelief despite knowing of the truth of their Prophet.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

5. The criminality and stubbornness of the Jews and the Christians is evident, in that they have not been commanded in this Qur’ān, except to do those very things they have been commanded to do in both their books, i.e. worshipping Allah alone, refraining from ascribing partners to Him, establishing prayer and giving in Zakat. So whatever they have been commanded to do, is actually the straight religion in which there is no deviance.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

in him when he would come; then those who disbelieved in him from among them became envious of him. [98:5] And they were only commanded, in their Scripture, the Torah and the GoSJjel, to worship God (ilia li-yabudu means ilia an yabudu, an having been omitted and the lam added) devoting religion purely to Him, [free] of any idolatry, as hanifs, upright in [following] the religion of Abraham and the religion of Muhammad (s), when he would come — so how is it that they disbelieved in him?, and to establish prayer and pay the alms. That is the upright religion, the upright creed.

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

6. Indeed, those who disbelieved - from the Jews, the Christians and the idolaters - will enter into hell on the Day of Judgement, wherein they shall remain forever. They are the worst of the creation because of their disbelief in Allah and rejection of His Messenger.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

in him?, and to establish prayer and pay the alms. That is the upright religion, the upright creed. [98:6] Truly the disbelievers from among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters shall be in the fire of Hell, to abide therein ( khalidina: an implied circumstantial qualifier, in other words, it will be decreed for them by God, exalted be He, to abide therein) — those are the worft of creatures. [98:7] Truly those who believe and perform righteous deeds — they are the be it of creatures (al-bariyya means al-khaliqa).

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

7. Indeed, those who have faith in Allah and do good deeds, they are the ones who are the best of creation.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

8. Their reward with their Lord (may He be glorified) is gardens under the trees and palaces of which rivers flow, and wherein they shall remain forever. Allah is pleased with them because of them bringing faith in Him and obeying Him, and they are also pleased with Him because of Him giving them His mercy. This mercy can be acquired by the one who fears his Lord, and so fulfils His command and refrains from the thing He has not allowed.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

elieve and perform righteous deeds — they are the be it of creatures (al-bariyya means al-khaliqa). [98:8] Their reward with their Lord will be Gardens of Eden, as a residence, underneath which rivers flow, wherein they shall abide forever. God is pleased with them, because of [their] obedience of Him, and they are pleased with Him, because of His reward.…