English - Chapter 36 - Ya-Sin

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

And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship

And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride

And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved

When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless)

Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it

And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest

And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful

They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing

Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk

And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord

Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth

It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us

This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed

They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining

Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask

The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace

But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day

Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe

But that ye worship Me? That was the right path

Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense

This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him)

Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved

This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn

And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen

And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back

He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense

And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain

To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers

Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners

And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food

Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks

And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped

It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms

So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim

Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent

And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away

Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation

Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it

Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator

But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is

Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back