- 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;
- Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
- 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.