Al-Bayyinah 98
The Clear ProofHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classed as a Medinan sura, it begins by saying that the disbelievers among the People of the Book and the idolaters would not give up their ways until clear evidence came to them. That evidence is identified as a messenger from God reciting purified scriptures that contain upright writings. The sura adds that those who had received the Book divided only after the clear evidence reached them, though they had been commanded only to worship God with sincere and upright devotion, to establish prayer and to give alms — described as 'the upright religion'. It closes by setting two outcomes side by side. Those who disbelieve will remain forever in the Fire of Hell and are called the worst of creation, while those who believe and do righteous deeds are called the best of creatures and will live forever in Gardens of Eden; God is pleased with them and they with Him.
- The clear evidence
- People of the Book
- The upright religion
- Prayer and alms
- Two final outcomes
The name It is named after 'clear evidence' (al-Bayyinah) in verses 1 and 4, which verse 2 explains as a messenger from God.
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Those who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the idolaters were not going to desist until there came to them clear evidence:
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a messenger from God, reciting purified scriptures,
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in which are upright writings.
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And those who were given the Book did not become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.
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And they were not commanded except to worship God, devoting the religion sincerely to Him, upright in faith, and to establish the prayer and to give the alms. And that is the upright religion.
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Truly, those among the People of the Book and the idolaters who disbelieve will be in the Fire of Hell, remaining in it forever; they are the most wicked of all creation.
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Indeed those who believe and do righteous deeds — they are the best of creatures.
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Their reward with their Lord will be Gardens of Eden beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever. God is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is for whoever fears his Lord.