98:1  Those of the people of the scriptures and the polytheists who do not believe, will not give up (disbelief) until the clear evidence comes to them

98:2  The messenger of Allah recites from the sacred and sanctified scripture _ (the Qur´an)

98:3  Containing sound and straightforward rules

98:4  Those given the (earlier) scriptures (argued and) differed amongst themselves after clear proofs had already come to them

98:5  What they were commanded was to worship only Allah with sincerity and exclusive devotion; and to worship nothing and nobody else with Him. (They were ordered) to establish ´salat´, and to pay the ´zakat´. That is truly the stable (and established) religion

98:6  Whoever denies among the people of the book and the polytheists, would be in the fire of hell, and would stay there forever. Such are the worst of the creation

98:7  While those who believe and do good deeds are certainly the best of the creation

98:8  Their reward, the paradise of Eden _ rivers run right through it _ is with their Lord. They shall live there forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they with Him! This is for the one who fears his Lord