| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah Ya Sin, Ya-Seen(Ya Sin)
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| 36:1 | | Y. S. |
| 36:2 | | By the Wise Reading, |
| 36:3 | | you are an emissary |
| 36:4 | | [sent] along a Straight Road |
| 36:5 | | with a revelation from the Powerful, the Merciful, |
| 36:6 | | so you may warn a folk whose forefathers have not been warned, and hence they are unaware. |
| 36:7 | | The statement has been proven to be true about most of them, yet they still will not believe. |
| 36:8 | | We have placed fetters around their necks which reach up to their chins till they seem to be out of joint. |
| 36:9 | | We have placed a barrier before them and another barrier behind them, and have covered them up so they do not notice anything. |
| 36:10 | | It is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them; they still will not believe. |
| 36:11 | | You will only warn someone who follows the Reminder and dreads the Mercy-giving even though He is Unseen. Proclaim forgiveness and generous payment to him. |
| 36:12 | | We revive the dead and write down whatever they have sent on ahead and [left] as traces; We calculate everything in an open ledger. |
| 36:13 | | Compose a parable for them about the inhabitants of the town when emissaries came to them. |
| 36:14 | | When We sent them two, they rejected them both, so We reinforced them with a third. |
| 36:15 | | They said; "You are only human beings like ourselves. The Mercy-giving has net sent anything down; you are only lying!" |
| 36:16 | | They said: "Our Lord knows that we have been [sent] to you as emissaries. |
| 36:17 | | We have only to proclaim things clearly." |
| 36:18 | | They said: "We sense something unlucky about you; so if you will not stop, we´ll expel you, and painful torment from us will afflict you." |
| 36:19 | | They said: "The bad luck you sense lies within yourselves. Will you not be reminded? Indeed you are such dissipated folk!" |
| 36:20 | | A man came hurrying up from the further end of the city. he said: "O my people, follow the emissaries! |
| 36:21 | | Follow someone who does not ask for any payment while they are being guided." |
| 36:22 | | Why should I worship the One Who fashioned me and to Whom you will (all) return? |
| 36:23 | | Should I adopt other gods instead of Him? If the Mercy-giving should want any harm [to happen] to me, their intercession would never help me out in any way nor would they rescue me: |
| 36:24 | | I´d then be completely lost! |
| 36:25 | | I believe in your Lord, so hear me!" |
| 36:26 | | He was told: "Enter the Garden." He said: "If my people only knew |
| 36:27 | | how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored ones!" |
| 36:28 | | We did not send any army down from Heaven to his folk after him, nor do We ever send any down. |
| 36:29 | | There was only a single Blast, and imagine, they [lay] shriveled up! |
| 36:30 | | What a pity it is with such worshippers! No messenger has ever come to them unless they made fun of him. |
| 36:31 | | Have they not seen how many generations We have wiped out before them who will never return to them? |
| 36:32 | | Each will be arraigned so they all stand before Us. |
| 36:33 | | The dead earth serves as a sign for them; We revive it and bring forth grain from it which they may eat. |
| 36:34 | | We have placed date groves and vineyards on it, and make springs flow forth from it |
| 36:35 | | so they may eat its fruit. Their own hands did not produce it. So, will they not give thanks? |
| 36:36 | | Glory be to the One Who has created every kind of species such as the earth grows, their own kind, and even some things they do not know! |
| 36:37 | | Another sign for them is night; We strip daylight off from it so they are plunged into darkness! |
| 36:38 | | The sun runs along on a course of its own. Such is the design of the Powerful, the Aware! |
| 36:39 | | And We have designed phases for the moon so it finally appears again like an old palm frond. |
| 36:40 | | The sun dare not overtake the moon nor does night outpace the day. Each floats along in its own orbit. |
| 36:41 | | Another for them is how We transported their offspring on the laden ship. |
| 36:42 | | We have created something like it for them on which they must sail. |
| 36:43 | | If We wished, We might even let them drown and they would have no one to cry out to, nor would they be rescued |
| 36:44 | | except as a mercy from Us and to enjoy things for a while. |
| 36:45 | | When they are told: "Heed what lies in front of you and what´s behind you so that you may find mercy," |
| 36:46 | | not one of their Lord´s signs has come to them except they tried to avoid it. |
| 36:47 | | When they are (also) told: "Spend something God has provided you with," the ones who disbelieve tell those who believe: "Should we feed someone whom God would feed if He so wishes? You are quite obviously in error!" |
| 36:48 | | They say: "When will this promise occur if you are so truthful?" |
| 36:49 | | They need only wait for a single Blast to catch them while they are arguing away. |
| 36:50 | | They will not even manage to draw up a will, nor will they return to their own people. |
| 36:51 | | The Trumpet will be blow and then they will swarm forth from their tombs to meet their Lord. |
| 36:52 | | They will say: "It´s too bad for us! Whoever has raised us up from our sleeping quarters? This is what the Mercy-giving promised; the emissaries have been telling the truth." |
| 36:53 | | There will be only a single Blast and then they will all be assembled in Our presence. |
| 36:54 | | On that day no soul will be harmed in any way, and you will be rewarded only for what you have been doing. |
| 36:55 | | The inhabitants of the Garden will be happily at work of that day. |
| 36:56 | | They and their spouses will relax on couches in shady nooks; |
| 36:57 | | they will have fruit and they shall have anything they request. |
| 36:58 | | "Peace!" will be a greeting from a Merciful Lord. |
| 36:59 | | "Step aside today, you criminals! |
| 36:60 | | Did I not contract you, O children of Adam, not to serve Satan? He is an open enemy of yours. |
| 36:61 | | And to worship Me [Alone]! This is a Straight Road. |
| 36:62 | | He has led a numerous mob of you astray. Haven´t you been reasoning things out? |
| 36:63 | | This is Hell, which you were threatened with. |
| 36:64 | | Roast in it today because you have disbelieved!" |
| 36:65 | | That day We shall seal their mouths up while their hands will speak to Us and their feet bear witness about what they have been earning. |
| 36:66 | | If We so wished, We would put their eyes out so they must grope along the Road. Yet how will they ever notice [anything]? |
| 36:67 | | If We wished, We would nail them to the spot so they would not manage to keep on going nor would they ever return. |
| 36:68 | | Anyone We grant long life to, We switch around within creation. Will they not use their reason? |
| 36:69 | | We have not taught him any poetry nor would it be fitting for him. It is merely a Reminder and a clear Reading |
| 36:70 | | so he may warn anyone who is alive and the Sentence may be confirmed against disbelievers. |
| 36:71 | | Have they not considered how We have created livestock for them out of what Our own hands have made, and they are masters over them? |
| 36:72 | | We let them tame them: some of them are to be ridden, while others they eat; |
| 36:73 | | they receive benefits and drinks from them. Will they not act grateful? |
| 36:74 | | Yet they have adopted [other] gods instead of God [Alone, so that they may be supported. |
| 36:75 | | They still cannot achieve their support; yet they stand up for them like an army in their presence! |
| 36:76 | | Do not let their statement sadden you; We know what they are keeping secret and what they are disclosing. |
| 36:77 | | Has not man considered how We created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open adversary! |
| 36:78 | | He makes something up to be compared with Us and forgets how he was created. He even says: "Who will revive [our] bones once they have rotted away?" |
| 36:79 | | SAY: "The One Who raised them up in the first place will revive them. He is Aware of all creation, |
| 36:80 | | the One Who grants you fire from green trees. Notice how you kindle a fire for them. |
| 36:81 | | Is not Whoever created Heaven and Earth Able to create the same as them?" Of course [He is]! He is the Creator, the Aware. |
| 36:82 | | Once He wishes anything, His command only needs to tell it: "Be"; and it is! |
| 36:83 | | Glory be to Him Whose hand holds sovereignty over everything! To Him will you return. |
