Yaseen · Surah 36

Ya Sin

By the wise Qur'an

Lo! thou art of those sent

On a straight path

A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful

That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless

Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not

Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked

And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not

Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not

Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward

Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register)

Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them

When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you

They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie

They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you

And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message)

(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands

They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk

And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent

Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided

For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back

Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save

Then truly I should be in error manifest

Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me

It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew

With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones

We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send

It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct

Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them

But all, without exception, will be brought before Us

A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof

And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein

That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks

Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not

A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness

And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise

And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit