| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah Ya Sin, Ya-Seen(Ya Sin)
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| 36:1 | | Yā‘ sī |
| 36:2 | | By the Wise Koran |
| 36:3 | | you are surely one sent fort |
| 36:4 | | upon a straight path |
| 36:5 | | A revelation from the Almighty, the Forgiving |
| 36:6 | | that you may forewarn a people who, because their fathers were not warned before them, are now heedless |
| 36:7 | | On most of them judgement has been passed, yet still they disbelieve |
| 36:8 | | We have bound their necks with chains of iron reaching up to their chins, so that they cannot bow their heads |
| 36:9 | | We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them and covered them over, so that they cannot see |
| 36:10 | | It is the same for them whether or not you warn them: they will not believe |
| 36:11 | | You shall warn only those who observe the Admonition and fear the Merciful, though they cannot see Him. To these give joyful tidings of pardon and a rich reward |
| 36:12 | | It is We who will resurrect the dead. We record their deeds and the vestiges they leave behind: We keep account of all things in a veritable book |
| 36:13 | | You shall cite, as a case in point, the people of the city¹ to which the emissaries made their way |
| 36:14 | | We first sent to them two, but when they rejected both We strengthened them with a third. They said: ‘We have been sent to you as emissaries.&lsquo |
| 36:15 | | But they said: ‘You are but mortals like ourselves. The Merciful has revealed nothing: you are only lying.&lsquo |
| 36:16 | | They said: ‘Our Lord knows that we are true emissaries |
| 36:17 | | Our only duty is to give plain warning.&lsquo |
| 36:18 | | They said: ‘Your presence bodes but evil for us. Desist, or we will stone you or inflict on you a painful scourge.&lsquo |
| 36:19 | | They said: ‘The evil you forebode can come only from yourselves. Will you not take heed? Surely you are great transgressors.&lsquo |
| 36:20 | | Thereupon a man came running from the far quarter of the city. ‘My people,‘ he said, ‘follow those who have been sent to you |
| 36:21 | | Follow those who ask no recompense of you and are rightly guided |
| 36:22 | | Why should I not serve Him who has created me and to whom you shall be recalled |
| 36:23 | | Should I serve other gods than Him? If it is the will of the Merciful to afflict me, their intercession will avail me nothing, nor will they save me |
| 36:24 | | Indeed, I should then be in evident error |
| 36:25 | | I believe in your Lord; so hear me.&lsquo |
| 36:26 | | He was told: ‘Enter Paradise,‘ and he said ‘Would that my people kne |
| 36:27 | | how gracious my Lord has been to me, how highly He has honoured me!&lsquo |
| 36:28 | | After him, We sent down no host from heaven against his people: this We never do |
| 36:29 | | There was but one shout ― and, behold, they were lifeless |
| 36:30 | | Alas for My bondsmen! They laugh to scorn every apostle that comes to them |
| 36:31 | | Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them? Never shall they return to them |
| 36:32 | | all shall be brought before Us |
| 36:33 | | Let the once-dead earth be a sign for them. We gave it life, and from it produced grain for their sustenance |
| 36:34 | | We planted it with gardens of the palm and the vine, and watered it with gushing springs, |
| 36:35 | | that they might feed on its fruit. It was not their hands that made all this.¹ Should they not give thanks |
| 36:36 | | Glory be to Him who made all things in pairs: the plants of the earth, mankind themselves, and things they know nothing of |
| 36:37 | | Another sign for them is the night. From the night We sheer off the day ― and lo they are plunged in darkness |
| 36:38 | | And the sun hastens to its own resting-place: its course is laid by the Almighty, the All-knowing |
| 36:39 | | And for the moon We have ordained phases; it wanes, until it returns like a bent old twig |
| 36:40 | | The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor does the night outpace the day. Each in its own orbit swims |
| 36:41 | | Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring in the laden ark |
| 36:42 | | And similar vessels We have made for them to ride on |
| 36:43 | | We drown them if We will: none can help or rescue them |
| 36:44 | | except through Our mercy and unless enjoyment is allowed for a time |
| 36:45 | | When they are told: ‘Have fear of that which is before you and behind you, that you may be shown mercy,&lsquo |
| 36:46 | | they turn away from every sign that comes to them from their Lord |
| 36:47 | | And when they are told: ‘Give from that which God has given you,‘ the unbelievers say to the faithful: ‘Are we to feed those whom God can feed if He chooses? ‘Surely you are in glaring error.&lsquo |
| 36:48 | | And they say: ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say be true?&lsquo |
| 36:49 | | They must be waiting but for a single blast, which will take them while they are still disputing |
| 36:50 | | They will have no time to make a will, nor shall they return to their kin |
| 36:51 | | The Trumpet will be blown and, behold, from the graves they will stand before their Lord |
| 36:52 | | Woe betide us!‘ they will say. ‘Who has roused us from our resting-place? This is what the Lord of Mercy promised: the apostles have told the truth!&lsquo |
| 36:53 | | And with but one blast they shall be gathered all before Us |
| 36:54 | | On that day no soul shall suffer the least injustice. You shall be rewarded only according to your deeds |
| 36:55 | | On that day the tenants of Paradise will be busy with their joys |
| 36:56 | | They and their spouses in shady groves upon soft couches they shall recline |
| 36:57 | | therein shall they have fruits, and all that they call for |
| 36:58 | | Peace!‘ shall be the word from a compassionate God |
| 36:59 | | Keep yourselves apart, you sinners, this day |
| 36:60 | | Children of Adam, did I not charge you never to worship Satan, your veritable foe |
| 36:61 | | but to worship Me? That is a straight path |
| 36:62 | | Yet has he led from among you many a generation astray. Had you no sense |
| 36:63 | | This is the Hell you have been promised |
| 36:64 | | Burn therein this day on account of your disbelief.&lsquo |
| 36:65 | | On that day We shall seal their mouths. Their hands will speak to Us, and their very feet will testify to what they did |
| 36:66 | | Had it been Our will, We could have put out their eyes: yet even then they would have rushed headlong upon their wonted path. But how could they see their error |
| 36:67 | | Had it been Our will, We could have transformed them where they stood, so that they could neither go forward nor retrace their steps |
| 36:68 | | We reverse the growth of those to whom We give long life. Have they no sense |
| 36:69 | | We have taught¹ him no poetry, nor would poetry befit him. This is but an Admonition: an eloquent Kora |
| 36:70 | | to exhort the living and to pass judgement on the unbelievers |
| 36:71 | | Or have they not considered how, among the things Our hands have made, We have created for them the beasts of which they are masters |
| 36:72 | | We have subjected these to them, that they may ride on some and eat the flesh of others; |
| 36:73 | | they drink their milk and put them to other uses. Will they not give thanks |
| 36:74 | | They have set up other gods besides God, hoping they may be helped |
| 36:75 | | They cannot help them: yet they stand like warriors ready to defend their idols |
| 36:76 | | So let not their words grieve you. We have knowledge of what they conceal and what they reveal |
| 36:77 | | Has not man considered that We created him from a little germ? Yet is he brazenly contentious |
| 36:78 | | He answers Us back with arguments, and forgets his own creation. He says: ‘Who will give life to rotten bones?&lsquo |
| 36:79 | | Say: ‘He who first brought them into being will give them life again: He has knowledge of every creature |
| 36:80 | | He who gives you from the green tree a flame, and lo! you light a fire.&lsquo |
| 36:81 | | Or has He who created the heavens and the earth no power to create others like them? That He surely has. He is the all-knowing Creator |
| 36:82 | | When He decrees a thing He need only say: ‘Be,‘ and it is |
| 36:83 | | So glory be to Him who with His hands holds sovereignty over all things and to whome shall you be recalled |
