| | M. M. Pickthall rendition of Surah Ya Sin, Ya-Seen(Ya Sin)
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| 36:1 | | Ya Sin. |
| 36:2 | | By the wise Qur'an, |
| 36:3 | | Lo! thou art of those sent |
| 36:4 | | On a straight path, |
| 36:5 | | A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful, |
| 36:6 | | That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless. |
| 36:7 | | Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not. |
| 36:8 | | Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked. |
| 36:9 | | And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not. |
| 36:10 | | Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not. |
| 36:11 | | Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward. |
| 36:12 | | 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. |
| 36:13 | | Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them; |
| 36:14 | | 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. |
| 36:15 | | They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie! |
| 36:16 | | They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you, |
| 36:17 | | And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message). |
| 36:18 | | (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. |
| 36:19 | | They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk! |
| 36:20 | | And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent! |
| 36:21 | | Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided. |
| 36:22 | | For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back? |
| 36:23 | | 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? |
| 36:24 | | Then truly I should be in error manifest. |
| 36:25 | | Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me! |
| 36:26 | | It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew |
| 36:27 | | With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones! |
| 36:28 | | We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send. |
| 36:29 | | It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct. |
| 36:30 | | Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him! |
| 36:31 | | Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them; |
| 36:32 | | But all, without exception, will be brought before Us. |
| 36:33 | | A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof; |
| 36:34 | | And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein, |
| 36:35 | | That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks? |
| 36:36 | | 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! |
| 36:37 | | A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness. |
| 36:38 | | And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise. |
| 36:39 | | And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf. |
| 36:40 | | It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit. |
| 36:41 | | And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship, |
| 36:42 | | And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride. |
| 36:43 | | And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved; |
| 36:44 | | Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while. |
| 36:45 | | 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). |
| 36:46 | | Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it! |
| 36:47 | | 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. |
| 36:48 | | And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful? |
| 36:49 | | They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing. |
| 36:50 | | Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk. |
| 36:51 | | And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord, |
| 36:52 | | 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. |
| 36:53 | | It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us! |
| 36:54 | | This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do. |
| 36:55 | | Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed, |
| 36:56 | | They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining; |
| 36:57 | | Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask; |
| 36:58 | | The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace! |
| 36:59 | | But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day! |
| 36:60 | | Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! - |
| 36:61 | | But that ye worship Me? That was the right path. |
| 36:62 | | Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense? |
| 36:63 | | This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him). |
| 36:64 | | Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved. |
| 36:65 | | 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. |
| 36:66 | | 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? |
| 36:67 | | And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back. |
| 36:68 | | 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? |
| 36:69 | | 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, |
| 36:70 | | To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers. |
| 36:71 | | Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners, |
| 36:72 | | And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food? |
| 36:73 | | Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks? |
| 36:74 | | And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped. |
| 36:75 | | It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms. |
| 36:76 | | So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim. |
| 36:77 | | Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent. |
| 36:78 | | 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? |
| 36:79 | | Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation, |
| 36:80 | | Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it. |
| 36:81 | | 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, |
| 36:82 | | But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is. |
| 36:83 | | Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back. |
