36 - Surah Ya-Sin يس

Ya, Seen.

ya-seen

By the wise Qur'an.

wal-qur'āni l-ḥakīmi

Indeed you, [O Muhammad], are from among the messengers,

innaka lamina l-mur'salīna

On a straight path.

ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

tanzīla l-ʿazīzi l-raḥīmi

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

litundhira qawman mā undhira ābāuhum fahum ghāfilūna

Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

laqad ḥaqqa l-qawlu ʿalā aktharihim fahum lā yu'minūna

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

innā jaʿalnā fī aʿnāqihim aghlālan fahiya ilā l-adhqāni fahum muq'maḥūna

And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

wajaʿalnā min bayni aydīhim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan fa-aghshaynāhum fahum lā yub'ṣirūna

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

wasawāon ʿalayhim a-andhartahum am lam tundhir'hum lā yu'minūna

You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.

innamā tundhiru mani ittabaʿa l-dhik'ra wakhashiya l-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi fabashir'hu bimaghfiratin wa-ajrin karīmin

Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

innā naḥnu nuḥ'yī l-mawtā wanaktubu mā qaddamū waāthārahum wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu fī imāmin mubīnin

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathalan aṣḥāba l-qaryati idh jāahā l-mur'salūna

When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."

idh arsalnā ilayhimu ith'nayni fakadhabūhumā faʿazzaznā bithālithin faqālū innā ilaykum mur'salūna

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

qālū mā antum illā basharun mith'lunā wamā anzala l-raḥmānu min shayin in antum illā takdhibūna

They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

qālū rabbunā yaʿlamu innā ilaykum lamur'salūna

And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

wamā ʿalaynā illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

qālū innā taṭayyarnā bikum la-in lam tantahū lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnā ʿadhābun alīmun

They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

qālū ṭāirukum maʿakum a-in dhukkir'tum bal antum qawmun mus'rifūna

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

wajāa min aqṣā l-madīnati rajulun yasʿā qāla yāqawmi ittabiʿū l-mur'salīna

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

ittabiʿū man lā yasalukum ajran wahum muh'tadūna

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

wamā liya lā aʿbudu alladhī faṭaranī wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

a-attakhidhu min dūnihi ālihatan in yurid'ni l-raḥmānu biḍurrin lā tugh'ni ʿannī shafāʿatuhum shayan walā yunqidhūni

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

innī idhan lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

innī āmantu birabbikum fa-is'maʿūni

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

qīla ud'khuli l-janata qāla yālayta qawmī yaʿlamūna

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

bimā ghafara lī rabbī wajaʿalanī mina l-muk'ramīna

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

wamā anzalnā ʿalā qawmihi min baʿdihi min jundin mina l-samāi wamā kunnā munzilīna

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

in kānat illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-idhā hum khāmidūna

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

yāḥasratan ʿalā l-ʿibādi mā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

alam yaraw kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni annahum ilayhim lā yarjiʿūna

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

wa-in kullun lammā jamīʿun ladaynā muḥ'ḍarūna

And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.

waāyatun lahumu l-arḍu l-maytatu aḥyaynāhā wa-akhrajnā min'hā ḥabban famin'hu yakulūna

And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

wajaʿalnā fīhā jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin wafajjarnā fīhā mina l-ʿuyūni

That they may eat of His fruit. And their hands have not produced it, so will they not be grateful?

liyakulū min thamarihi wamā ʿamilathu aydīhim afalā yashkurūna

Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

sub'ḥāna alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā mimmā tunbitu l-arḍu wamin anfusihim wamimmā lā yaʿlamūna

And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

waāyatun lahumu al-laylu naslakhu min'hu l-nahāra fa-idhā hum muẓ'limūna

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

wal-shamsu tajrī limus'taqarrin lahā dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿur'jūni l-qadīmi

It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

lā l-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tud'rika l-qamara walā al-laylu sābiqu l-nahāri wakullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna

And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship.

waāyatun lahum annā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

wakhalaqnā lahum min mith'lihi mā yarkabūna

And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

wa-in nasha nugh'riq'hum falā ṣarīkha lahum walā hum yunqadhūna

Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

illā raḥmatan minnā wamatāʿan ilā ḥīnin

But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy... "

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittaqū mā bayna aydīkum wamā khalfakum laʿallakum tur'ḥamūna

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.

wamā tatīhim min āyatin min āyāti rabbihim illā kānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīna

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allah has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

wa-idhā qīla lahum anfiqū mimmā razaqakumu l-lahu qāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū anuṭ'ʿimu man law yashāu l-lahu aṭʿamahu in antum illā fī ḍalālin mubīnin

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

They do not await except one blast which will seize them while they are disputing.

mā yanẓurūna illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan takhudhuhum wahum yakhiṣṣimūna

And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.

falā yastaṭīʿūna tawṣiyatan walā ilā ahlihim yarjiʿūna

And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.

wanufikha fī l-ṣūri fa-idhā hum mina l-ajdāthi ilā rabbihim yansilūna

They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."

qālū yāwaylanā man baʿathanā min marqadinā hādhā mā waʿada l-raḥmānu waṣadaqa l-mur'salūna

It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us.

in kānat illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-idhā hum jamīʿun ladaynā muḥ'ḍarūna

So today no soul will be wronged at all, and you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do.

fal-yawma lā tuẓ'lamu nafsun shayan walā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -

inna aṣḥāba l-janati l-yawma fī shughulin fākihūna

They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.

hum wa-azwājuhum fī ẓilālin ʿalā l-arāiki muttakiūna

For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]

lahum fīhā fākihatun walahum mā yaddaʿūna

[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.

salāmun qawlan min rabbin raḥīmin

[Then He will say], "But stand apart today, you criminals.

wa-im'tāzū l-yawma ayyuhā l-muj'rimūna

Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -

alam aʿhad ilaykum yābanī ādama an lā taʿbudū l-shayṭāna innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.

wa-ani uʿ'budūnī hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun

And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?

walaqad aḍalla minkum jibillan kathīran afalam takūnū taʿqilūna

This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

hādhihi jahannamu allatī kuntum tūʿadūna

[Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."

iṣ'lawhā l-yawma bimā kuntum takfurūna

That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

al-yawma nakhtimu ʿalā afwāhihim watukallimunā aydīhim watashhadu arjuluhum bimā kānū yaksibūna

And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?

walaw nashāu laṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fa-is'tabaqū l-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yub'ṣirūna

And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

walaw nashāu lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famā is'taṭāʿū muḍiyyan walā yarjiʿūna

And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?

waman nuʿammir'hu nunakkis'hu fī l-khalqi afalā yaʿqilūna

And We did not give Prophet Muhammad, knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur'an

wamā ʿallamnāhu l-shiʿ'ra wamā yanbaghī lahu in huwa illā dhik'run waqur'ānun mubīnun

To warn whoever is alive and justify the word against the disbelievers.

liyundhira man kāna ḥayyan wayaḥiqqa l-qawlu ʿalā l-kāfirīna

Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners?

awalam yaraw annā khalaqnā lahum mimmā ʿamilat aydīnā anʿāman fahum lahā mālikūna

And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

wadhallalnāhā lahum famin'hā rakūbuhum wamin'hā yakulūna

And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will they not be grateful?

walahum fīhā manāfiʿu wamashāribu afalā yashkurūna

But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.

wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan laʿallahum yunṣarūna

They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.

lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣrahum wahum lahum jundun muḥ'ḍarūna

So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.

falā yaḥzunka qawluhum innā naʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna

Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

awalam yara l-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min nuṭ'fatin fa-idhā huwa khaṣīmun mubīnun

And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"

waḍaraba lanā mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qāla man yuḥ'yī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun

Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."

qul yuḥ'yīhā alladhī ansha-ahā awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin ʿalīmun

[It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.

alladhī jaʿala lakum mina l-shajari l-akhḍari nāran fa-idhā antum min'hu tūqidūna

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

awalaysa alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa biqādirin ʿalā an yakhluqa mith'lahum balā wahuwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīmu

His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.

innamā amruhu idhā arāda shayan an yaqūla lahu kun fayakūnu

So exalted is He in whose hand is the realm of all things, and to Him you will be returned.

fasub'ḥāna alladhī biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna