36:1  YS

36:2  By the wise Quran.

36:3  You are one of the messengers.

36:4  Upon a straight path.

36:5  The revelation of the Honorable, the Compassionate.

36:6  To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, for they are unaware.

36:7  The retribution has been deserved by most of them, for they do not affirm.

36:8  We have placed shackles around their necks, up to their chins, so that their head tilted upward.

36:9  We have placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, thus We shielded them so they cannot see.

36:10  Whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not affirm.

36:11  You can only warn him who follows the reminder and reveres the Gracious while unseen. Give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.

36:12  It is indeed Us who resurrect the dead, and We record what they have done and left behind. Everything We have counted in a clear ledger.

36:13  Cite for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it.

36:14  Where We sent two to them, but they rejected them, so We supported them with a third one, thus they said, "We are messengers to you."

36:15  They replied: "You are but human beings like us, and the Gracious did not send down anything, you are only telling lies."

36:16  They said, "Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you."

36:17  "We are only required to give a clear delivery."

36:18  They replied: "We have welcomed you better than you deserve. If you do not cease, we will stone/excommunicate you, and you will receive a painful retribution from us!"

36:19  They said, "Keep your welcome with you, for you have been reminded. Indeed, you are transgressing people."

36:20  A man came running from the farthest part of the city, saying: "O my people, follow the messengers."

36:21  "Follow those who do not ask you for any wage and they are guided."

36:22  "Why should I not serve the One who initiated me, and to Him is your ultimate return?"

36:23  "Shall I take gods besides Him? If the Gracious intends any harm for me, their intercession cannot help me in the least, nor can they save me."

36:24  "Then I would be clearly astray."

36:25  "I have affirmed your Lord, so listen to me!"

36:26  It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!"

36:27  "Of what my Lord has forgiven me and made me of the honored ones."

36:28  We did not send down upon his people after him soldiers from the sky; for there was no need to send them down.

36:29  For all it took was one blast, whereupon they were stilled.

36:30  Alas for the servants. For every time a messenger went to them, they would ridicule him.

36:31  Did they not see how many generations We destroyed before them; do they not go back to them?

36:32  How every one of them will be summoned before Us.

36:33  A sign for them is the dead land, We revive it and produce from it seeds from which they eat.

36:34  We made in it gardens of date palms, and grapes, and We cause springs to gush forth therein.

36:35  So that they may eat from its fruits, and what they manufacture with their own hands. Would they be thankful?

36:36  Praise be to the One who created all pairs from what the earth sprouts out and from themselves, and from what they do not know.

36:37  A sign for them is the night, We remove the daylight from it, whereupon they are in darkness.

36:38  The Sun runs to a specific destination, such is the design of the Noble, the Knowledgeable.

36:39  The moon: We have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns to being like an old, curved sheath.

36:40  The Sun is not required to overtake the Moon, nor will the night precede the day; each of them is swimming in its own orbit.

36:41  A sign for them is that We carried their ancestors on the charged Ship.

36:42  We created for them of its similarity, to ride in.

36:43  If We wished, We could drown them, so that their screaming would not be heard, nor could they be saved.

36:44  Except through a mercy from Us, and as an enjoyment for a while.

36:45  When they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy."

36:46  No matter what sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it.

36:47  When they are told: "Spend from what God has provisioned you." Those who reject say to those who affirm: "Shall we feed those whom God could feed, if He so willed? You are clearly misguided!"

36:48  They say, "When is this promise to come, if you are truthful?"

36:49  They will not realize it when one blast overwhelms them, while they dispute.

36:50  They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people.

36:51  The horn will be blown, whereupon they will rise from the graves rushing towards their Lord.

36:52  They will say, "Woe to us. Who has resurrected us from our resting place? This is what the Gracious had promised. The messengers were truthful!"

36:53  It only took one blast, whereupon they are summoned before Us.

36:54  On this day, no person will be wronged in the least. You will be recompensed precisely for whatever you did.

36:55  The dwellers of Paradise will be, on that day, joyfully busy.

36:56  They and their spouses, both will be shaded, reclining on high furnishings.

36:57  They will have fruits therein; they will have in it whatever they ask for.

36:58  "Peace," a word from a Compassionate Lord.

36:59  "As for you, O criminals, you are singled out."

36:60  "Did I not pledge to you, O Children of Adam, that you should not serve the devil for he is your most ardent enemy?"

36:61  "That you should serve Me? That is a straight path."

36:62  "He has misled mountain loads of you. Did you not possess any understanding?"

36:63  "This is hell that you have been promised!"

36:64  "Burn in it today, as a consequence of your rejection."

36:65  Today, We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to everything they had done.

36:66  If We wished, We could blind their eyes, and they would race towards the path, but how would they see?

36:67  If We wished, We could freeze them in their place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.

36:68  For whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand?

36:69  We did not teach him poetry, nor does he need it. This is a reminder and a clear Quran.

36:70  To warn those who are alive, and so that the retribution will be deserved by the ingrates.

36:71  Did they not see that We created for them with Our own hands livestock which they own?

36:72  They were subdued by Us for them. So, some they ride, and some they eat.

36:73  They have in them other benefits, as well as drinks. Would they not be appreciative?

36:74  They have taken besides God other gods, perhaps they will help them!

36:75  They cannot help them. They become to them as foot-soldiers.

36:76  So do not be saddened by what they say. We are fully aware of what they conceal and what they declare.

36:77  Has the human being not seen that We have created him from a seed, and yet he would become a clear enemy?

36:78  He cites an example for Us, while forgetting his own creation! He says: "Who can resurrect the bones while they are dust?"

36:79  Say, "The One who made them in the first place will resurrect them. He is fully aware of every creation."

36:80  The One who produces for you a fire from the green tree, which you burn.

36:81  Is not the One who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed; He is the Creator, the Knowledgeable.

36:82  His command, when He wants anything, is to say to it: "Be" and it is!

36:83  Therefore, praise be to the One in whose Hand is the sovereignty of all things, and to Him you will be returned.