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English - Chapter 36 - Ya-Sin
Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:1
Verse 2 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:2
By the Wise Qur´an
Verse 3 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:3
Truly you are one of the Messengers
Verse 4 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:4
on a Straight Path
Verse 5 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:5
The revelation of the Almighty, the Most Merciful
Verse 6 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:6
so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned and who are therefore unaware
Verse 7 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:7
The Word has been justly carried out against most of them so they have no iman
Verse 8 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:8
We have put iron collars round their necks reaching up to the chin, so that their heads are forced back
Verse 9 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:9
We have placed a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, blindfolding them so that they cannot see
Verse 10 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:10
It makes no difference to them whether you warn them or do not warn them: they will not have iman
Verse 11 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:11
You can only warn those who act on the Reminder and fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness and a generous reward
Verse 12 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:12
We bring the dead to life and We record what they send ahead and what they leave behind. We have listed everything in a clear register
Verse 13 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:13
Make an example for them of the inhabitants of the city when the Messengers came to it
Verse 14 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:14
When We sent them two and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third. They said, ´Truly We have been sent to you as Messengers.´
Verse 15 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:15
They said, ´You are nothing but human beings like ourselves. The All-Merciful has not sent down anything. You are simply lying.´
Verse 16 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:16
They said, ´Our Lord knows we have been sent as Messengers to you
Verse 17 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:17
We are only responsible for clear transmission.´
Verse 18 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:18
They said, ´We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop we will stone you and you will suffer a painful punishment at our hands.´
Verse 19 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:19
They said, ´Your evil omen is in yourselves. Is it not just that you have been reminded? No, you are an unbridled people!´
Verse 20 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:20
A man came running from the far side of the city, saying, ´My people! follow the Messengers
Verse 21 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:21
Follow those who do not ask you for any wage and who have received guidance
Verse 22 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:22
Why indeed should I not worship Him Who brought me into being, Him to Whom you will be returned
Verse 23 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:23
Am I to take as gods instead of Him those whose intercession, if the All-Merciful desires harm for me, will not help me at all and cannot save me
Verse 24 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:24
In that case I would clearly be misguided
Verse 25 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:25
I have iman in your Lord so listen to me!´
Verse 26 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:26
He was told, ´Enter the Garden!´ He said, ´If my people only knew
Verse 27 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:27
how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honoured ones!´
Verse 28 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:28
We did not send down to his people any host from heaven after him nor would We send one down
Verse 29 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:29
It was but one Great Blast and they were extinct
Verse 30 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:30
Alas for My slaves! No Messenger comes to them without their mocking him
Verse 31 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:31
Do they not see how many generations before them We have destroyed and that they will not return to them
Verse 32 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:32
Each and every one will be summoned to Our presence
Verse 33 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:33
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from which We bring forth grain of which they eat
Verse 34 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:34
We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out in it
Verse 35 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:35
so they may eat its fruits — they did not do it themselves. So will they not be thankful
Verse 36 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:36
Glory be to Him who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them
Verse 37 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:37
A Sign for them is the night: We peel the day away from it and there they are in darkness
Verse 38 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:38
And the sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing
Verse 39 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:39
And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe
Verse 40 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:40
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere
Verse 41 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:41
A Sign for them is that We carried their families in the laden ship
Verse 42 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:42
And We have created for them the like of it in which they sail
Verse 43 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:43
If We wished, We could drown them with no one to hear their cry, and then they would not be saved —
Verse 44 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:44
except as an act of mercy from Us, to give them enjoyment for a time
Verse 45 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:45
They are told, ´Have taqwa of what is before you and behind you so that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you.´
Verse 46 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:46
Not one of your Lord´s Signs comes to them without their turning away from it
Verse 47 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:47
And when they are told, ´Spend from the provision Allah has given you,´ those who are kafir say to those who have iman, ´Why should we feed someone whom, if He wished, Allah would feed Himself? You are clearly in error.´
Verse 48 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:48
And they say, ´When will this promise come about if you are telling the truth?´
Verse 49 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:49
What are they waiting for but one Great Blast to seize them while they are quibbling
Verse 50 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:50
They will not be able to make a will or return to their families
Verse 51 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:51
The Trumpet will be blown and at once they will be sliding from their graves towards their Lord
Verse 52 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:52
They will say, ´Alas for us! Who has raised us from our resting-place? This is what the All-Merciful promised us. The Messengers were telling the truth.´
Verse 53 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:53
It will be but one Great Blast, and they will all be summoned to Our presence
Verse 54 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:54
Today no self will be wronged in any way. You will only be repaid for what you did
Verse 55 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:55
The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoying themselves today
Verse 56 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:56
they and their wives reclining on couches in the shade
Verse 57 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:57
They will have fruits there and whatever they request
Verse 58 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:58
´Peace!´ A word from a Merciful Lord
Verse 59 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:59
´Keep yourselves apart today, you evildoers
Verse 60 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:60
Did I not make a contract with you, tribe of Adam, not to worship Shaytan, who truly is an outright enemy to you
Verse 61 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:61
but to worship Me? That is a straight path
Verse 62 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:62
He has led huge numbers of you into error. Why did you not use your intellect
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 today because you were kafirun.´
Verse 65 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:65
Today We seal up their mouths and their hands speak to us, and their feet bear witness to what they have earned
Verse 66 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:66
If We wished, We could put out their eyes. Then, though they might race for the path, how would they see
Verse 67 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:67
If We wished, We could transform them where they stand so they would neither be able to go out nor return
Verse 68 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:68
When We grant long life to people, We return them to their primal state. So will you not use your intellect
Verse 69 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:69
We did not teach him poetry nor would it be right for him. It is simply a reminder and a clear Qur´an
Verse 70 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:70
so that you may warn those who are truly alive and so that the Word may be carried out against the kafirun
Verse 71 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:71
Have they not seen how We created for them, by Our own handiwork, livestock which are under their control
Verse 72 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:72
We have made them tame for them and some they ride and some they eat
Verse 73 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:73
And they have other uses for them, and milk to drink. So will they not be thankful
Verse 74 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:74
They have taken gods besides Allah so that perhaps they may be helped
Verse 75 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:75
They cannot help them even though they are an army mobilised in their support
Verse 76 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:76
So do not let their words distress you. We know what they keep secret and what they divulge
Verse 77 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:77
Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet there he is, an open antagonist
Verse 78 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:78
He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation, saying, ´Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?´
Verse 79 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:79
Say ´He who made them in the first place will bring them back to life. He has total knowledge of each created thing
Verse 80 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:80
He Who produces fire for you from green trees so that you use them to light your fires.´
Verse 81 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:81
Does He who created the heavens and earth not have the power to create the same again? Yes indeed! He is the Creator, the All-Knowing
Verse 82 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:82
His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, ´Be!´ and it is
Verse 83 — Surah Ya-Sin 36:83
Glory be to Him Who has the Dominion of all things in His Hand. To Him you will be returned