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English - Chapter 36 - Ya-Sin
Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:1
Verse 2 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:2
I call to witness the Qur'an, custodian of all laws
Verse 3 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:3
That you are indeed one of those sent
Verse 4 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:4
On a path that is straight
Verse 5 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:5
A revelation from the mighty, ever-merciful (God)
Verse 6 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:6
That you may warn a people whose ancestors had never been warned, who are therefore heedless
Verse 7 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:7
The sentence is surely justified against most of them, for they do not believe
Verse 8 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:8
We will certainly put iron collars on their heel's which will come up to their chins, so that they will not be able to raise their heads
Verse 9 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:9
And We shall raise a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, and cover them over so that they will not be able to see
Verse 10 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:10
Whether you warn them or do not warn, it is all the same; they will not believe
Verse 11 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:11
You can only warn him who listens to the warning and fears Ar-Rahman secretly. So give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward
Verse 12 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:12
It is We indeed who bring back the dead to life, and write down what they send ahead (of their deeds), and traces that they leave behind. We keep an account of all things in a lucid register
Verse 13 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:13
Narrate to them the example of the people of the city when the messengers came to it
Verse 14 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:14
When We sent two of them they called them liars; so We sent a third to strengthen them. "We have been sent to you," they said
Verse 15 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:15
You are only men like us," they replied; "Ar-Rahman has not sent down any thing. You are speaking only lies
Verse 16 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:16
(The messengers) said: "Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you
Verse 17 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:17
Our duty is to convey the message clearly
Verse 18 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:18
They rejoined: "We feel you augur ill. If you do not desist, we shall stone you to death, and inflict a grievous punishment on you
Verse 19 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:19
(The messengers) said: "The augury is within your own selves. Do you (consider it a bad omen) that you should be warned? You are a people guilty of excess
Verse 20 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:20
Then a man came running from the other side of the city. "O my people," he said, "follow the messengers
Verse 21 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:21
Follow those who do not ask for any recompense of you, and are rightly guided
Verse 22 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:22
Why should I not worship Him who brought me into being, to whom you will be brought back in the end
Verse 23 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:23
Should I take other gods apart from Him, who would neither be able to intercede for me nor save me if Ar-Rahman brings me harm
Verse 24 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:24
In that case I would surely be in clear error
Verse 25 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:25
I believe in your Lord, so listen to me
Verse 26 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:26
(But they stoned him to death.) It was said to him: "Enter Paradise;" and he said: "If only my people knew
Verse 27 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:27
How my Lord has forgiven me and made me one of those who are honoured
Verse 28 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:28
We did not send down any army against his people from heaven, nor did We have to send one
Verse 29 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:29
There was just one blast, and they were extinguished
Verse 30 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:30
Alas for men! No apostle ever came to them but they made fun of him
Verse 31 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:31
Have they not seen how many generations have We destroyed before them who will not return again
Verse 32 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:32
They will all be brought together before Us
Verse 33 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:33
There is a sign in the dead earth for them which We quicken, and produce from it grain which they eat
Verse 34 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:34
We have laid out gardens of dates and grapes upon it, and made springs of water flow
Verse 35 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:35
So that they may eat of its fruit; yet it was not done by their hands. Then why do they not acknowledge thanks
Verse 36 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:36
All glory to Him who created pairs of everything that grows from the earth, and out of themselves, and other things they do not know
Verse 37 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:37
And there is a sign in the night for them. We strip off the day from it and they are left in darkness
Verse 38 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:38
While the sun keeps revolving in its orbit. This is the dispensation of the mighty, all-knowing (God)
Verse 39 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:39
We have determined the stations of the moon, so that (after its wanderings) it returns as a dried up inflorescent spike of dates
Verse 40 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:40
Neither can the sun overtake the moon, nor the night outpace the day: Each of them keeps coursing in its orbit
Verse 41 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:41
That We bore their progeny in the laden ark is a sign for them
Verse 42 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:42
And We made similar vessels for them to ride
Verse 43 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:43
We could have drowned them if We pleased, and none would have answered their cry for help, nor would they have been saved
Verse 44 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:44
Unless by Our benevolence, to reap advantage for a time
Verse 45 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:45
When it is said to them: "Beware of what is before you and what is past, that you may be treated with kindness
Verse 46 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:46
None of the signs of their Lord ever comes to them but they turn away from it
Verse 47 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:47
When they are told: "Spend of what God has given you," the unbelievers say to those who believe: "Why should we feed those whom God should have fed if He pleased?" You are only in palpable error
Verse 48 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:48
And they say: "When will this promise come to pass, if what you say is true
Verse 49 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:49
They are only waiting for a single blast that will seize them, but they will go on contending
Verse 50 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:50
Then they would not be able to make a will, or go back to their people
Verse 51 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:51
When the trumpet blast is sounded they will come out of their graves and hasten to their Lord
Verse 52 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:52
Saying: "Ah woe, who has roused us from our sleep?" This is what Ar-Rahman had promised, and whose truth the apostles had affirmed
Verse 53 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:53
It would be but a single blast of the trumpet, and they would all be arraigned before Us
Verse 54 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:54
No soul will be wronged the least that Day, nor would be recompensed but only for what it had done
Verse 55 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:55
Surely the inmates of Paradise will be engaged in pastimes
Verse 56 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:56
They and their companions will recline on couches in the shade
Verse 57 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:57
For them will be fruits and whatever they ask
Verse 58 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:58
Peace" shall be the greeting from the merciful Lord
Verse 59 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:59
(And the guilty will be told:) "O sinners, separate yourselves this day
Verse 60 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:60
Did I not commit you, O children of Adam, not to worship Satan who is your acknowledged foe
Verse 61 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:61
But to serve Me; (that) this is the straight path
Verse 62 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:62
But he beguiled a great many of you. Why did you not then understand
Verse 63 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:63
This is the Hell that you were promised
Verse 64 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:64
Roast in it now for having disbelieved
Verse 65 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:65
We shall seal their lips that day; and their hands will speak, their feet testify to what they had done
Verse 66 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:66
We could take away their sight if We pleased; then they would run around to find the way: But how then would they see
Verse 67 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:67
And if We pleased We could paralyse them in their tracks, and they would not be able to move forward or turn back
Verse 68 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:68
Whoever reaches old age, We reverse in natural disposition. Do they not have sense (to see)
Verse 69 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:69
We have not taught (Muhammad) to versify, nor is it worthy of him. This is nothing but a reminder and illuminating discourse
Verse 70 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:70
So that he may warn him who is alive and feels, and justify the word against those who do not believe
Verse 71 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:71
Do they not see the cattle among things We have fashioned by Our power, which they own
Verse 72 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:72
Whom We made subservient to them so that some of them they ride and some they eat
Verse 73 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:73
And they derive other advantages and drinks from them. Even then they do not offer thanks
Verse 74 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:74
And take other gods apart from God that they may perhaps give them help
Verse 75 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:75
They will not be able to help them and will be brought (to Us) as their levied troops
Verse 76 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:76
So be not grieved by what they say. We certainly know what they hide and disclose
Verse 77 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:77
Does not man see We created him from a drop of semen? Even then he becomes an open contender
Verse 78 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:78
And applies comparisons to Us, having forgotten his origin, and says: "Who can put life into decayed bones
Verse 79 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:79
Say: "He who created you the first time. He has knowledge of every creation
Verse 80 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:80
Who gave you fire from a green tree, with which you ignite the flame
Verse 81 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:81
How can He who created the heavens and the earth not be able to create others like them? Why not? He is the real creator all-knowing
Verse 82 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:82
When He wills a thing He has only to say: "Be," and it is
Verse 83 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:83
So all glory to Him who holds all power over everything, to whom you will go back in the end