Surah Al-Bayyinah (البينة) • The Clear Proof

Quran 98:4

98:4

وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

wamā tafarraqa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba illā min baʿdi mā jāathumu l-bayinatu

Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.

— Saheeh International

[Yet] those who were given the Scripture became divided only after they were sent [such] clear evi-dence

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) differed not until after there came to them clear evidence (i.e. Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever was revealed to him).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَفَرَّقَtafarraqabecame divided
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
إِلَّاillāuntil
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmāwhat
جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame (to) them
ٱلْبَيِّنَةُl-bayinatu(of) the clear evidence