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Al-Bayyinah 5

Ayah 5 of 8 · Medinan

وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمَةِ ٥

And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أُمِرُوٓاْthey were commandedumirū
  3. إِلَّاexceptillā
  4. لِيَعۡبُدُواْto worshipliyaʿbudū
  5. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  6. مُخۡلِصِينَ(being) sinceremukh'liṣīna
  7. لَهُto Himlahu
  8. ٱلدِّينَ(in) the religionl-dīna
  9. حُنَفَآءَuprightḥunafāa
  10. وَيُقِيمُواْand to establishwayuqīmū
  11. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  12. وَيُؤۡتُواْand to givewayu'tū
  13. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚthe zakahl-zakata
  14. وَذَٰلِكَAnd thatwadhālika
  15. دِينُ(is the) religiondīnu
  16. ٱلۡقَيِّمَةِthe correctl-qayimati

Tafsir

The criminality and stubbornness of the Jews and the Christians is evident, in that they have not been commanded in this Qur’ān, except to do those very things they have been commanded to do in both their books, i.e. worshipping Allah alone, refraining from ascribing partners to Him, establishing prayer and giving in Zakat. So whatever they have been commanded to do, is actually the straight religion in which there is no deviance.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran