Ya-Sin

Ya. Sin.

يسٓ

By the Recitation full of wisdom, you are surely among the envoys, upon a straight path,

وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

a descent from the All-Powerful, the Benevolent, so that you may warn a people whose ancestors were not warned, and who are therefore heedless.

تَنزِيلُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًۭا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَٰفِلُونَ

The saying has proven true against most of them: they do not believe.

لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

We have indeed placed shackles on their necks, reaching up to their chins, so that their heads are held back.

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًۭا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ

And We have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them over, so they do not see clearly.

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سُدّٗا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سُدّٗا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them: they do not believe.

وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

You only warn one who follows the Reminder and dreads the All-Benevolent even though He escapes his senses: give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.

إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍۢ وَأَجْرٍۢ كَرِيمٍ

And everything, We have enumerated it in a clear reference.

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Multiply for them, as an example, the companions of the city: when the envoys came to it, when We sent two to them, and they denied them; so We made them mighty with a third, and they said: "We are indeed sent to you."

وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍۢ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ

They said: "You are nothing but humans like us; the All-Benevolent has sent nothing down; you are only lying."

قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ

They said: "Our Guardian knows that we are surely sent to you; and only the clear transmission is incumbent upon us."

قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

They said: "We see in you an ill omen. If you do not stop, we will surely banish you, and a painful punishment from us will touch you."

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Rather, you are a people of the excessive."

بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ

And a man came hurrying from the farthest end of the Capital.

وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌۭ يَسْعَىٰ

He said: "O my people, follow the envoys; follow those who ask no reward of you, and who let themselves be guided.

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًۭا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

And why should I not obey the One who originated me, and to whom you will be returned?

وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Should I take, besides Him, deities? If the All-Benevolent intends harm for me, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor will they save me.

ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّۢ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

I would then surely be in manifest error.

إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ

I have believed in your Guardian: so listen to me."

إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ

It was said: "Enter the Garden."

قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ

He said: "If only my people knew for what my Guardian has forgiven me, and made me one of the honored ones!"

قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

And We did not send down upon his people, after him, any army from the sky, nor did We need to send one down.

وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ

It was but a single cry, and there they were, extinguished.

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

No messenger ever came to them but they mocked him.

مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Do they not see how many generations We annihilated before them, and that they will not return to them?

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

All of them, every single one, will be brought together before Us.

وَإِن كُلٌّۭ لَّمَا جَمِيعٌۭ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

A sign for them: the dead earth, which We have brought back to life, and from which We have brought forth grain, and it is from it that they eat.

وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّۭا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ

Will they not then be grateful?

أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Glory be to the One who created all the pairs, from what the earth grows, from themselves, and from what they do not know.

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

A sign for them: the night, from which We strip away the day, and there they are, plunged into darkness.

وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ

That is the measure set by the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.

ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

And the moon, We have set for it stations, until it returns like an old curved palm-stalk.

وَٱلۡقَمَرُ قَدَّرْنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

Each swims in an orbit.

وَكُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍۢ يَسْبَحُونَ

A sign for them: We carried their descendants in the laden vessel, and We created for them, similar to it, what they ride.

وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

And if We willed, We would drown them; then there would be none to answer their cry, nor would they be saved, except by a benevolence from Us, and enjoyment for a time.

وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ

And when it is said to them: "Guard yourselves against what is before you and what is behind you, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you,"

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

no sign, among the signs of their Guardian, comes to them without their turning away from it.

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۢ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

And when it is said to them: "Spend from what God has provided you," those who disown say to those who have believed: "Shall we feed one whom God, if He willed, would feed Himself? You are only in manifest error."

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

And they say: "When will this promise be, if you are veracious?"

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

They await nothing but a single cry that will seize them while they are quarreling with one another.

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخَصِّمُونَ

Then they will not be able to make any bequest, nor will they return to their people.

فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةًۭ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And the Horn will be blown, and there they are, swarming from their sepulchres to their Guardian.

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ

This is what the All-Benevolent promised, and the envoys were veracious."

هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

It will be but a single cry, and there they are, all together, brought before Us.

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌۭ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

This day, no Self will be wronged in the least, and you will be recompensed only for what you used to do.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌۭ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

The companions of the Garden will, this day, be occupied in delight, they and their spouses, in the shade, reclining upon adorned couches.

إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغۡلٖ فَٰكِهُونَ هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ

They will have savoury fruit therein.

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ

A saying from a Benevolent Guardian.

قَوْلًۭا مِّن رَّبٍّۢ رَّحِيمٍۢ

"Stand apart today, O severed!

وَٱمْتَٰزُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

This is a straight path.

هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌۭ مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ

Did you not then reason?

أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

This is Jahannam, which you were promised. Burn in it today, for having disowned."

هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

This day, We seal their mouths; their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to what they used to earn.

ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

And if We willed, We would obliterate their eyes; then they would race toward the path, but how would they see clearly?

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ

And if We willed, We would freeze them in their places, and they would be able neither to go forward nor to return.

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّۭا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Will they not then reason?

أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

We did not teach him the art of seduction; it does not befit him.

وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ

It is nothing but a Reminder and a clear Recitation, so as to warn whoever is alive, and so that the saying may prove true against those who disown.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ وَقُرْءَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّۭا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Do they not see that We have created for them, from what Our hands have made, cattle which they own?

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَٰمًۭا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ

We have made them docile for them: some serve as their mounts, and some they eat.

وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

Will they not then be grateful?

أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ

And they have taken, besides God, deities, hoping to be helped. They cannot help them, though they will be, for them, an army brought forth.

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّحْضَرُونَ

We indeed know what they keep secret and what they disclose.

إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

Does the human being not see that We created him from a drop, and behold, he is a declared quarreler?

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

He says: "Who will bring the bones back to life once they are dust?"

قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌۭ

Say: "He who brought them into being the first time will bring them back to life; and He is All-Knowing of all creation."

قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ

He who made for you fire out of the green tree, and see, you kindle from it.

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًۭا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ

Yes! And He is the Creator, the All-Knowing.

بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

and it is.

فَيَكُونُ

So glory be to the One in whose hand is the sovereign dominion of all things, and to whom you will be returned.

فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ