| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah Ya Sin, Ya-Seen(Ya Sin)
--- |
|---|
| 36:1 | | O man |
| 36:2 | | By the Qur’an, full of wisdom |
| 36:3 | | Surely thou art one of the messengers |
| 36:4 | | On a right way |
| 36:5 | | A revelation of the Mighty |
| 36:6 | | That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless |
| 36:7 | | The word has indeed proved true of most of them, so they believe not |
| 36:8 | | Surely We have placed on their necks chains reaching up to the chins, so they have their heads raised aloft |
| 36:9 | | And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, thus We have covered them, so that they see not |
| 36:10 | | And it is alike to them whether thou warn them or warn them not -- they believe not |
| 36:11 | | Thou canst warn him only who follows the Reminder and fears the Beneficent in secret; so give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward |
| 36:12 | | Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down that which they send before and their footprints, and We record everything in a clear writing |
| 36:13 | | And set out to them a parable of the people of the town, when apostles came to it |
| 36:14 | | When We sent to them two, they rejected them both; then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are sent to you |
| 36:15 | | They said: You are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent revealed anything -- you only lie |
| 36:16 | | They said: Our Lord knows that we are surely sent to you |
| 36:17 | | And our duty is only a clear deliverance (of the message) |
| 36:18 | | They said: Surely we augur evil from you. If you desist not, we will surely stone you, and a painful chastisement from us will certainly afflict you |
| 36:19 | | They said: Your evil fortune is with you. What! If you are reminded! Nay, you are an extravagant people |
| 36:20 | | And from the remote part of the city there came a man running. He said: O my people, follow the apostles |
| 36:21 | | Follow him who asks of you no reward, and they are on the right course |
| 36:22 | | And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who created me and to Whom you will be brought back |
| 36:23 | | Shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, if the Beneficent should desire to afflict me with harm, will avail me naught, nor can they deliver me |
| 36:24 | | Then I shall surely be in clear error |
| 36:25 | | Surely I believe in your Lord, so hear me |
| 36:26 | | It was said: Enter the Garden. He said: Would that my people knew |
| 36:27 | | How my Lord has forgiven me and made me of the honoured ones |
| 36:28 | | And We sent not down upon his people after him any host from heaven, nor do We ever send |
| 36:29 | | It was naught but a single cry, and lo! they were still |
| 36:30 | | Alas for the servants! Never does a messenger come to them but they mock him |
| 36:31 | | See they not how many generations We destroyed before them, that they return not to them |
| 36:32 | | And all -- surely all -- will be brought before Us |
| 36:33 | | And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring forth from it grain so they eat of it |
| 36:34 | | And We make therein gardens of date-palms and grapes and We make springs to flow 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 pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they know not |
| 36:37 | | And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then lo! they are in darkness |
| 36:38 | | And the sun moves on to its destination. That is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knower |
| 36:39 | | And the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm-branch |
| 36:40 | | Neither is it for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. And all float on in an orbit |
| 36:41 | | And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship |
| 36:42 | | And We have created for them the like thereof, whereon they ride |
| 36:43 | | And if We please, We may drown them, then there is no succour for them, nor can they be rescued - |
| 36:44 | | But by mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time |
| 36:45 | | And when it is said to them: Guard against that which is before you and that which is behind you, that mercy may be shown to you |
| 36:46 | | And there comes to them no message of the messages of their Lord but they turn away from it |
| 36:47 | | And when it is said to them: Spend out of that which Allah has given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error |
| 36:48 | | And they say: When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful |
| 36:49 | | They await but a single cry, which will overtake them while they contend |
| 36:50 | | So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their families |
| 36:51 | | And the trumpet is blown, when lo! from their graves they will hasten on to their Lord |
| 36:52 | | They will say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent promised and the messengers told the truth |
| 36:53 | | It is but a single cry, when lo! they are all brought before Us |
| 36:54 | | So this day no soul is wronged in aught; and you are not rewarded aught but for what you did |
| 36:55 | | Surely the owners of the Garden are on that day in a happy occupation |
| 36:56 | | They and their wives are in shades, reclining on raised couches |
| 36:57 | | They have fruits therein, and they have whatever they desire |
| 36:58 | | Peace! A word from a Merciful Lord |
| 36:59 | | And withdraw to-day, O guilty ones |
| 36:60 | | Did I not charge you, O children of Adam, that you serve not the devil? Surely he is your open enemy |
| 36:61 | | And that you serve Me. This is the right way |
| 36:62 | | And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. Could you not then understand |
| 36:63 | | This is the hell which you were promised |
| 36:64 | | Enter it this day because you disbelieved |
| 36:65 | | That day We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned |
| 36:66 | | And if We pleased, We would put out their eyes, then they would strive to get first to the way, but how should they see |
| 36:67 | | And if We pleased, We would transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, or turn back |
| 36:68 | | And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce to an object state in creation. Do they not understand |
| 36:69 | | And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught but a Reminder and a plain Qur’an |
| 36:70 | | To warn him who would have life, and (that) the word may prove true against the disbelievers |
| 36:71 | | See they not that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters |
| 36:72 | | And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they ride, and some they eat |
| 36:73 | | And therein they have advantages and drinks. Will they not then give thanks |
| 36:74 | | And they take gods besides Allah and they may be helped |
| 36:75 | | They are not able to help them, and they are a host brought up before them |
| 36:76 | | So let not their speech grieve thee. Surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly |
| 36:77 | | Does not man see that We have created him from the small life-germ? Then lo! he is an open disputant |
| 36:78 | | And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to bones, when they are rotten |
| 36:79 | | Say: He will give life to them, Who brought them into existence at first, and He is Knower of all creation |
| 36:80 | | Who produced fire for you out of the green tree, so that with it you kindle |
| 36:81 | | Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! And He is the Creator (of all), the Knower |
| 36:82 | | His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it, Be, and it is |
| 36:83 | | So glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things! and to Him you will be returned |
