Quran 98:4 — Al-Bayyina, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Yet] those who were given the Scripture became divided only after they were sent [such] clear evi-dence
وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ
wamā tafarraqa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba illā min baʿdi mā jāathumu l-bayinatu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they scattered not, those that were given the Book, excepting after the Clear Sign came to them.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime did break up their unity [of faith] after such an evidence of the truth had come to them.
- Sahih International
- Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | تَفَرَّقَtafarraqa | became divided | فرق |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | until | — |
| 7 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 8 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu | came (to) them | جيأ |
| 11 | ٱلْبَيِّنَةُl-bayinatu | (of) the clear evidence | بين |