سُوْرَةُ الْبَيِّنَةِ

Surah Al-Bayyina (98) — Ayah 1

The Evidence · Medinan · Juz 30 · Page 598

لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ ﴿1﴾
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.
لَمْ lam Not
يَكُنِ yakuni were
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved
مِنْ min from
أَهْلِ ahli (the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi of the Book
وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ wal-mush'rikīna and the polytheists
مُنفَكِّينَ munfakkīna to be abandoned
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until
تَأْتِيَهُمُ tatiyahumu (there) comes to them
ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ l-bayinatu the clear evidence

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The disbelievers among the People of the Book 1. and the polytheists were not going to desist until there came to them clear evidence—(that evidence was)