This surah is named AL-BAIYINAH because the Quran is attributed with this name as well. In this surah the Quran is using word people of the book in the sense of people for whom a book is sent by God for their guidance about what God wants of them regardless they accept its message or reject it. According to the Quran, the Quran is sent by God for all people of this universe in this era or age. It is the last or final message from God to humanity as a whole. However it is up to individuals to accept or reject this message and face the consequences that are made amply clear throughout the Quran including this surah. The Quran tells people to avoid believing and doing things which on one hand make no sense and on the other cause harm or destruction to humanity as a whole. In other words the Quran wants people to learn sense of making proper sense of things and then look at things in a purposeful way to see how they make sense and how they can benefit humanity and then do what ensures well being of all people as a proper human community in the kingdom of God. This is why the Quran is a purpose based program from God for humanity to carry out for which God has created humanity as well as all other things which people need to carry out program of God for fulfilling the God assigned purpose. This is why the Quran is also a manifesto for people to share with each other as a mission so that all people could become aware of program of God for humanity and help each other carry it through faithfully. This is why God has created all things including human beings. The purpose is very simple that God decided to express himself through creation and revelation only and for that he decided to create a creature called the human being so that this creature appreciates his existence through his these attributes all by himself with a bit of help from God himself by way of his revelation without which none could ever know anything at all about God with reasonable certainty. This is why God not only created mankind but also all other things as well which mankind need to fulfil the purpose God has assigned for them. This is why the Quran puts humanity in a completely different category in comparison to all other creatures or creations of God. It is because all things have been assigned their own individual tasks by programming of God but human beings have been given freedom to choose as well. This is why mankind are supposed to appreciate God through his creations and revelations by way a of life called deen of Islam. The Quran is the only book in the world today that claims to be a revelation by God for humanity as a whole. This is why only and only the Quran can tell people why God has created mankind and all other things as well as how they fulfil that purpose or can fulfil that purpose. It is for this reason proper understanding of the message in the Quran is absolutely necessary. In a way this is similar idea to a person who wants to get a building built by a builder so he provides the builder all the materials and information the builder needs to build the building. In a way God has given people all the materials and his map for mankind as to how they should build their human society so that it could carry out the program of God in order to fulfil his assigned purpose. This is why Muslims need to become a people who could act for God to make his program work so that the purpose of God for creating them could become fulfilled. Muslims therefore cannot afford to be ignorant, foolish or stupid or illiterate, uneducated, untrained or unable to think sensibly otherwise they can never fulfil God given purpose or they can never do their God given job let alone properly.

This is why the Quran talks about a solid foundation that is clearly distinct and stands out for people who have learned sense of making proper sense of things to live their lives on that basis purposefully and properly. Those who will faithfully base themselves upon the foundation revealed by God for a proper human community are bound to reap the benefits for doing so in form of blissful, dignified and secure existence in the kingdom of God as a proper human community but those who due to their ignorance and stupidity will oppose it will fall in disputes and animosities and they will keep on fighting amongst themselves making life hell for each other because such people have nothing solid that works to base their sense of belonging upon so they will remain confused and fall into identity crisis and remain in there forever unless they see sense. This will continue unless people see sense and change themselves for the better through careful observation of whatever is going on in their world and learn from it. One should have no difficulty in seeing the Quran approaching the issues that are of vital importance for people in a very systematic and methodical way. It should therefore be very clear for anyone and everyone who has knowledge to see that the Quran keeps talking about two opposing ways of life all the time. It tells people about God advised way of life and what it will bring them if they will learn it properly and live by it as a proper human community in the kingdom of God. It also tells them what is going on in their world which is wrong because it is harmful and destructive for humanity. It explains the reasons as to why or how things are wrong, harmful or destructive as well as how they can be put right by people all by themselves. All they need to do is stop living by ways of life people have invented and adopted or imposed upon each other for various reasons and start living by way of life advised by God for them. If not then any way of life they live by will harm and even destroy them by hands of each other. The Quran also explains to people reasons why people invented ways of life which they invented and why they adopted or imposed them as well as why they should let go of them and turn to guidance provided by their creator and sustainer. Not only that the Quran also tells mankind no matter what one day mankind as a whole will start living by way of life advised by God once they have learned sufficiently about it. Till then things will continue improving bit by bit as they have been always right from the time it was all started by God. This world is dynamic not static so it will not stop till all things end up as destined by God for his purpose according to his plan including human beings. The Quran contains all this information for humanity to learn from it and take appropriate advantages of knowledge and things provided.

Proclaim! In the name of God, the provider of psychological, sociological and biological needs of mankind,

1] That those from among the people of the book such as the polytheist to whom the truth was made obscure by their dominant people could never give up their way of life based upon personal gains at the expense of each other until there came to them a clear explanation,

In the Quranic context the Quran is a program or a set of goals and guidelines or a blueprint for a manifesto and a set of guidelines for a proper constitution and its laws for people if they wish to live as a proper human community in the kingdom of God. The use of word AL-KITAAB in Quranic context shows that the Quran was put together by the messenger of God in form of a written book by himself and its message was spread by him as far as he could and beyond that with help of his supporters who came to join him along the way. The Quran was put before people as a program from God for the goal of bringing people together so that a proper human community could be raised and a kingdom based upon guidance of God could established that is founded upon a constitution and legislations based on guidelines provided by God in the Quran through an education based revolution. This is the nature of the mission called deen of Islam or way of life advised by God.

2] So a messenger from God explained clearly for such people the message from the written pages which contain purpose based perfect explanation that is free of any faults for building a proper human community in the kingdom of God

3] due to which the book proves to be a firm foundation for mankind to base themselves upon as a proper human community in the kingdom of God,

4] This is why no sensible people for whom the book is sent by Us ever disagreed about it save after they were provided with a perfect brilliant explanation and that was due to their own lack of learning sense of making proper sense of things,

Here in this surah one is told that no matter how perfect the message of God is or how perfect an explanation of things is, it is useless for a person who has not learned sense of making proper sense of things. Moreover people who do not learn sense of making proper sense of things they fail themselves in every way as well as everyone else as well. It is because they fail to play proper part in their human populations. So knowledge and its implementation is not and cannot be equal to ignorance and needless efforts based upon ignorance.

5] In a scripture a people are given they are only told to work purely for God sake according to His advised way of life as a proper human community in His kingdom faithfully by establishing a proper human community network and bringing about its full growth and strength, for that is the proper way of life advised by God that is firmly founded.

People can never grow fully by following religion or secularism or both no matter what because they have their clear limits beyond which they cannot go or take people who follow them. The only thing that can ensure full growth and development of humanity is deen of Islam ie a way of life advised by God called deen of Islam. Reasons have been explained fully here and there in this work on the Quran.

6] For this reason those who due to their not learning sense of making proper sense of things refuse to accept living by Our advised way of life from among the people of the book such as live by a way of life based upon their personal gains at the expense of each other end up making this world a hellhole for themselves wherein they remain for their lifetime therefore such people are worst of Our creatures.

7] However those who are sensible they commit to working for blissful, dignifies and secure existence of mankind therefore they take the needed actions for this purpose to remove obstacle from the way of people to unity, peace, progress and prosperity therefore they are most constructive and benevolent of the creatures.

8] The outcome of their such thoughts and actions according to set-up systems and laws of their Creator and Sustainer is blissful places of residence for them throughout which flow rivers of things of their need and want in abundance and they are to dwell therein for as long as they remain fully committed to living by way of life advised by their Creator and Sustainer for ensuring their well being with help and full support of each other. Guidance of God will be found constantly and consistently supporting them according to His plan and purpose and they too will be found constant and consistent in fulfilling His purpose according to His plan with their thoughts and actions. That is the kind of life which awaits a proper human community in the kingdom of God that remains constantly and consistently mindful plan and purpose of its Creator and Sustainer.

This surah is very clear as to what the guidance of God is basically about or why human beings need guidance of God to begin with. It is making clear that nothing can be done by people to fulfil program of God unless and until people become a proper human community in the kingdom of God and then work together whole heartedly for rest of program of God to fulfil it to satisfaction of God and themselves.