Sura 36: Y. S.
(Yã Sîn)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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Y.S.*

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والقران الحكيم

And the Quran that is full of wisdom.

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انك لمن المرسلين

Most assuredly, you (Rashad) are one of the messengers.*

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على صراط مستقيم

On a straight path.

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تنزيل العزيز الرحيم

This revelation is from the Almighty, Most Merciful.

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لتنذر قوما ما انذر اباؤهم فهم غافلون

To warn people whose parents were never warned, and therefore, they are unaware.

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لقد حق القول على اكثرهم فهم لا يؤمنون

It has been predetermined that most of them do not believe.

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انا جعلنا في اعناقهم اغلالا فهي الى الاذقان فهم مقمحون

For we place around their necks shackles, up to their chins. Consequently, they become locked in their disbelief.

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وجعلنا من بين ايديهم سدا ومن خلفهم سدا فاغشيناهم فهم لا يبصرون

And we place a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, and thus, we veil them; they cannot see.

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وسواء عليهم اانذرتهم ام لم تنذرهم لا يؤمنون

It is the same whether you warn them or not, they cannot believe.*

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انما تنذر من اتبع الذكر وخشي الرحمن بالغيب فبشره بمغفرة واجر كريم

You will be heeded only by those who uphold this message, and reverence the Most Gracious—even when alone in their privacy. Give them good news of forgiveness and a generous recompense.

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انا نحن نحيي الموتى ونكتب ما قدموا واثارهم وكل شيء احصيناه في امام مبين

We will certainly revive the dead, and we have recorded everything they have done in this life, as well as the consequences that continue after their death. Everything we have counted in a profound record.

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Rejecting The Messengers: A Tragic Human Trait*

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واضرب لهم مثلا اصحاب القرية اذ جاءها المرسلون

Cite for them the example of people in a community that received the messengers.

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اذ ارسلنا اليهم اثنين فكذبوهما فعززنا بثالث فقالوا انا اليكم مرسلون

When we sent to them two (messengers), they disbelieved them. We then supported them by a third. They said, “We are (God’s) messengers to you.”

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قالوا ما انتم الا بشر مثلنا وما انزل الرحمن من شيء ان انتم الا تكذبون

They said, “You are no more than human beings like us. The Most Gracious did not send down anything. You are liars.”

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قالوا ربنا يعلم انا اليكم لمرسلون

They said, “Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you.

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وما علينا الا البلاغ المبين

“Our sole mission is to deliver the message.”

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قالوا انا تطيرنا بكم لئن لم تنتهوا لنرجمنكم وليمسنكم منا عذاب اليم

They said, “We consider you bad omens. Unless you refrain, we will surely stone you, or afflict you with painful retribution.”

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قالوا طائركم معكم ائن ذكرتم بل انتم قوم مسرفون

They said, “Your omen depends on your response, now that you have been reminded. Indeed, you are transgressing people.”

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وجاء من اقصى المدينة رجل يسعى قال يا قوم اتبعوا المرسلين

A man came from the other end of the city, saying, “O my people, follow the messengers.

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اتبعوا من لا يسالكم اجرا وهم مهتدون

“Follow those who do not ask you for any wage, and are guided.

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وما لي لا اعبد الذي فطرني واليه ترجعون

“Why should I not worship the One who initiated me, and to Him is your ultimate return?

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ااتخذ من دونه الهة ان يردن الرحمن بضر لا تغن عني شفاعتهم شيئا ولا ينقذون

“Shall I set up beside Him gods? If the Most Gracious willed any harm for me, their intercession cannot help me one bit, nor can they rescue me.

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اني اذا لفي ضلال مبين

“In that case, I would be totally astray.

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اني امنت بربكم فاسمعون

“I have believed in your Lord; please listen to me.”

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The Righteous Go Straight to Paradise*

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قيل ادخل الجنة قال يا ليت قومي يعلمون

(At the time of his death) he was told, “Enter Paradise.” He said, “Oh, I wish my people knew.

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بما غفر لي ربي وجعلني من المكرمين

“That my Lord has forgiven me, and made me honorable.”

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وما انزلنا على قومه من بعده من جند من السماء وما كنا منزلين

We did not send down upon his people, after him, soldiers from the sky; we did not need to send them down.

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ان كانت الا صيحة واحدة فاذا هم خامدون

All it took was one blow, whereupon they were stilled.

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Ridiculing The Messengers:<br>A Tragic Human Trait*

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يا حسرة على العباد ما ياتيهم من رسول الا كانوا به يستهزئون

How sorry is the people’s condition! Every time a messenger went to them, they always ridiculed him.

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الم يروا كم اهلكنا قبلهم من القرون انهم اليهم لا يرجعون

Did they not see how many generations we annihilated before them, and how they never return to them?

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وان كل لما جميع لدينا محضرون

Every one of them will be summoned before us.

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Signs of God

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واية لهم الارض الميتة احييناها واخرجنا منها حبا فمنه ياكلون

One sign for them is the dead land: we revive it and produce from it grains for their food.

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وجعلنا فيها جنات من نخيل واعناب وفجرنا فيها من العيون

We grow in it gardens of date palms, and grapes, and we cause springs to gush out therein.

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لياكلوا من ثمره وما عملته ايديهم افلا يشكرون

This is to provide them with fruits, and to let them manufacture with their own hands whatever they need. Would they be thankful?

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سبحان الذي خلق الازواج كلها مما تنبت الارض ومن انفسهم ومما لا يعلمون

Glory be to the One who created all kinds of plants from the earth, as well as themselves, and other creations that they do not even know.

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واية لهم الليل نسلخ منه النهار فاذا هم مظلمون

Another sign for them is the night: we remove the daylight therefrom, whereupon they are in darkness.

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والشمس تجري لمستقر لها ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم

The sun sets into a specific location, according to the design of the Almighty, the Omniscient.

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والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم

The moon we designed to appear in stages, until it becomes like an old curved sheath.

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لا الشمس ينبغي لها ان تدرك القمر ولا الليل سابق النهار وكل في فلك يسبحون

The sun is never to catch up with the moon—the night and the day never deviate—each of them is floating in its own orbit.

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Invention of the First Ship

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واية لهم انا حملنا ذريتهم في الفلك المشحون

Another sign for them is that we carried their ancestors on the loaded ark.

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وخلقنا لهم من مثله ما يركبون

Then created the same for them to ride in.

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وان نشا نغرقهم فلا صريخ لهم ولا هم ينقذون

If we willed, we could have drowned them, so that their screaming would not be heard, nor could they be saved.

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الا رحمة منا ومتاعا الى حين

Instead, we shower them with mercy, and let them enjoy for awhile.

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واذا قيل لهم اتقوا ما بين ايديكم وما خلفكم لعلكم ترحمون

Yet, when they are told, “Learn from your past, to work righteousness for your future, that you may attain mercy,”

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وما تاتيهم من اية من ايات ربهم الا كانوا عنها معرضين

No matter what kind of proof is given to them from their Lord, they consistently disregard it.

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واذا قيل لهم انفقوا مما رزقكم الله قال الذين كفروا للذين امنوا انطعم من لو يشاء الله اطعمه ان انتم الا في ضلال مبين

When they are told, “Give from GOD’s provisions to you,” those who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Why should we give to those whom GOD could feed, if He so willed? You are really far astray.”

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ويقولون متى هذا الوعد ان كنتم صادقين

They also challenge, “When will that promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”

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ما ينظرون الا صيحة واحدة تاخذهم وهم يخصمون

All they see will be one blow that overwhelms them, while they dispute.

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فلا يستطيعون توصية ولا الى اهلهم يرجعون

They will not even have time to make a will, nor will they be able to return to their people.

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ونفخ في الصور فاذا هم من الاجداث الى ربهم ينسلون

The horn will be blown, whereupon they will rise from the grave and go to their Lord.

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قالوا يا ويلنا من بعثنا من مرقدنا هذا ما وعد الرحمن وصدق المرسلون

They will say, “Woe to us. Who resurrected us from our death? This is what the Most Gracious has promised. The messengers were right.”

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ان كانت الا صيحة واحدة فاذا هم جميع لدينا محضرون

All it will take is one blow, whereupon they are summoned before us.

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فاليوم لا تظلم نفس شيئا ولا تجزون الا ما كنتم تعملون

On that day, no soul will be wronged in the least. You will be paid precisely for whatever you did.

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ان اصحاب الجنة اليوم في شغل فاكهون

The dwellers of Paradise will be, on that day, happily busy.

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هم وازواجهم في ظلال على الارائك متكئون

They abide with their spouses in beautiful shade, enjoying comfortable furnishings.

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لهم فيها فاكهة ولهم ما يدعون

They will have fruits therein; they will have anything they wish.

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سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Greetings of peace from a Most Merciful Lord.

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وامتازوا اليوم ايها المجرمون

As for you, O guilty ones, you will be set aside.

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The Devil is the Other Alternative

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الم اعهد اليكم يا بني ادم ان لا تعبدوا الشيطان انه لكم عدو مبين

Did I not covenant with you, O Children of Adam, that you shall not worship the devil? That he is your most ardent enemy?

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وان اعبدوني هذا صراط مستقيم

And that you shall worship Me alone? This is the right path.

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ولقد اضل منكم جبلا كثيرا افلم تكونوا تعقلون

He has misled multitudes of you. Did you not possess any understanding?

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هذه جهنم التي كنتم توعدون

This is the Hell that was promised for you.

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اصلوها اليوم بما كنتم تكفرون

Today you will burn in it, as a consequence of your disbelief.

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اليوم نختم على افواههم وتكلمنا ايديهم وتشهد ارجلهم بما كانوا يكسبون

On that day we will seal their mouths; their hands and feet will bear witness to everything they had done.

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ولو نشاء لطمسنا على اعينهم فاستبقوا الصراط فانى يبصرون

If we will, we can veil their eyes and, consequently, when they seek the path, they will not see.

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ولو نشاء لمسخناهم على مكانتهم فما استطاعوا مضيا ولا يرجعون

If we will, we can freeze them in place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.

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ومن نعمره ننكسه في الخلق افلا يعقلون

Whomever we permit to live for a long time, we revert him to weakness. Do they not understand?

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وما علمناه الشعر وما ينبغي له ان هو الا ذكر وقران مبين

What we taught him (the messenger) was not poetry, nor is he (a poet). This is but a formidable proof,* and a profound Quran.

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لينذر من كان حيا ويحق القول على الكافرين

To preach to those who are alive, and to expose the disbelievers.

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اولم يروا انا خلقنا لهم مما عملت ايدينا انعاما فهم لها مالكون

Have they not seen that we created for them, with our own hands, livestock that they own?

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وذللناها لهم فمنها ركوبهم ومنها ياكلون

And we subdued them for them; some they ride, and some they eat.

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ولهم فيها منافع ومشارب افلا يشكرون

They derive other benefits from them, as well as drinks. Would they not be appreciative?

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Powerless Idols

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واتخذوا من دون الله الهة لعلهم ينصرون

They set up beside GOD other gods, perhaps they can be of help to them!

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لا يستطيعون نصرهم وهم لهم جند محضرون

On the contrary, they cannot help them; they end up serving them as devoted soldiers.

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فلا يحزنك قولهم انا نعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون

Therefore, do not be saddened by their utterances. We are fully aware of everything they conceal and everything they declare.

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اولم ير الانسان انا خلقناه من نطفة فاذا هو خصيم مبين

Does the human being not see that we created him from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent enemy?

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وضرب لنا مثلا ونسي خلقه قال من يحيي العظام وهي رميم

He raises a question to us—while forgetting his initial creation— “Who can resurrect the bones after they had rotted?”

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قل يحييها الذي انشاها اول مرة وهو بكل خلق عليم

Say, “The One who initiated them in the first place will resurrect them. He is fully aware of every creation.”

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الذي جعل لكم من الشجر الاخضر نارا فاذا انتم منه توقدون

He is the One who creates for you, from the green trees, fuel which you burn for light.

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اوليس الذي خلق السماوات والارض بقادر على ان يخلق مثلهم بلى وهو الخلاق العليم

Is not the One who created the heavens and the earth able to recreate the same? Yes indeed; He is the Creator, the Omniscient.

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انما امره اذا اراد شيئا ان يقول له كن فيكون

All He needs to do to carry out any command is say to it, “Be,” and it is.

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فسبحان الذي بيده ملكوت كل شيء واليه ترجعون

Therefore, glory be to the One in whose hand is the sovereignty over all things, and to Him you will be returned.*

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