Surah Al-Bayyinah — Verse 1

The Clear Proof · 98:1 · 1/8

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

Lam yakuni allatheena kafaroo min ahlialkitabi walmushrikeena munfakkeena hattata'tiyahumu albayyina

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Those who disbelieve among the People of the Book and the idolaters were not about to change their ways until they were sent clear evidence,

Marmaduke Pickthall

Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, were not going to depart (from their ways) until there should come to them Clear Evidence,-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not (expected) to desist (from their wrong beliefs) unless there comes to them a clear proof,

Al-Hilali & Khan

Those who disbelieve from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikûn, were not going to leave (their disbelief) until there came to them clear evidence.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Those who disbelieved – be they from the People of the Book or from those who associated others with Allah in His Divinity – will not desist from unbelief until the Clear Proof should come to them;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

IT IS NOT [conceivable] that such as are bent on denying the truth - [be they] from among the followers of earlier revelation or from among those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God should ever be abandoned [by Him] ere there comes unto them the [full] evidence of the truth:

Rowwad · source edition

Those who disbelieve from the People of the Book and the polytheists were not going to desist [from disbelief][1] until there came to them clear proof,

Notes

[1] i.e., and from deviant ways.

Noor International · source edition

(1) Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief][1958] until there came to them clear evidence –

Notes

[1958]- i.e., from their erroneous beliefs and superstitions.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

1. Those who disbelieve from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikûn,[1] were not going to leave (their disbelief) until there came to them clear evidence.

Notes

[1] (V.98:1) Al-Mushrikûn: polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh and His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.