Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti — b. 791 AH / 1389 CE · d. 911 AH / 1505 CE Sunni Shafi'i

Tafsir al-Jalalayn al-Baiyinah البَيِّنَة (The Clear Proof, Evidence, The Proof) 8 verses · Medinan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
98:1 ›
لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ
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
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

The disbelievers from among min explicative the People of the Scripture and the idolaters that is the idol-worshippers wa’l-mushrikīna is a supplement to ahl ‘the People of’ were not going to leave off munfakkīna 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;

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98:2 ›
رَسُولٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ يَتْلُو صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً
Abdel Haleem
a messenger from God, reading out pages [blessed with] purity
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

a messenger from God rasūlun mina’Llāhi substitutes for al-bayyinatu ‘the clear proof’ namely the Prophet s reciting pages purified of all falsehood

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98:3 ›
فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
containing true scriptures
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

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’ān. Thus some of them believed in it while others disbelieved.

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98:4 ›
وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ
Abdel Haleem
[Yet] those who were given the Scripture became divided only after they were sent [such] clear evi-denc
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

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’ān which he brought as his miracle. Before his s arrival they had all agreed to believe in him when he would come; then those who disbelieved in him from among them became envious of him.

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98:5 ›
وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ
Abdel Haleem
though all they are ordered to do is worship God alone, sincerely devoting their religion to Him as people of true faith, keep up the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, for that is the true religion
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

And they were only commanded in their Scripture the Torah and the Gospel to worship God illā li-ya‘budū means illā an ya‘budū an having been omitted and the lām added devoting religion purely to Him free of any idolatry as hanīfs 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.

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98:6 ›
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أُولَٰئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ
Abdel Haleem
Those who disbelieve among the People of the Book and the idolaters will have the Fire of Hell, there to remain. They are the worst of creation
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Truly the disbelievers from among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters shall be in the fire of Hell to abide therein khālidīna an implied circumstantial qualifier in other words it will be decreed for them by God exalted be He to abide therein — those are the worst of creatures.

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98:7 ›
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ
Abdel Haleem
Those who believe and do good deeds are the best of creation
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Truly those who believe and perform righteous deeds — they are the best of creatures al-bariyya means al-khalīqa.

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98:8 ›
جَزَاؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ رَبَّهُ
Abdel Haleem
Their reward with their Lord is everlasting Gardens graced with flowing streams, where they will stay forever. God is well pleased with them and they with Him. All this is for those who stand in awe of their Lord
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

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. That is the reward for him who fears his Lord for him who fears His punishment and hence desists from disobeying Him exalted be He.

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