Al-Bayyinah 98:1
The Clear Proof · Medinan · Juz 30 · Page 598
The Clear Proof
لَمۡ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ ١
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.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Those who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the idolaters were not going to leave their ways until the clear proof came to them.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this verse says that the disbelievers among both the People of the Book and the idolaters would not leave their state until the clear proof came. That proof is the Prophet.
Reflect
What “clear proof” convinces you most?
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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