يس

Yaseen

Yā Sīn[1]

Waalqurani alhakeemi

By the Qur’an, full of wisdom,

Innaka lamina almursaleena

You [O Muhammad] are indeed one of the messengers,

AAala siratin mustaqeemin

on a straight path,

Tanzeela alAAazeezi alrraheemi

[This is] a revelation from the All-Mighty, Most Merciful,

Litunthira qawman ma onthira abaohum fahum ghafiloona

so that you warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are heedless.

Laqad haqqa alqawlu AAala aktharihim fahum la yuminoona

The decree [of punishment] has been passed against most of them, for they will not believe.

Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihim aghlalan fahiya ila alathqani fahum muqmahoona

[It is as if] We have placed shackles around their necks up to their chins, so their heads are forced to remain up,

WajaAAalna min bayni aydeehim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan faaghshaynahum fahum la yubsiroona

and We have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and have blocked their vision so they cannot see[2].

Wasawaon AAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum la yuminoona

It is the same to them whether you warn them or not, they will not believe.

Innama tunthiru mani ittabaAAa alththikra wakhashiya alrrahmana bialghaybi fabashshirhu bimaghfiratin waajrin kareemin

You can only warn one who follows the Reminder[3] and fears the Most Compassionate unseen. So give him glad tidings of forgiveness and a generous reward.

Inna nahnu nuhyee almawta wanaktubu ma qaddamoo waatharahum wakulla shayin ahsaynahu fee imamin mubeenin

It is We Who give life to the dead, and record what they send forth and what they leave behind, and We keep an account of everything in a clear Record[4].

Waidrib lahum mathalan ashaba alqaryati ith jaaha almursaloona

Give them an example of the People of the Town when the messengers came to it.

Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnayni fakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithin faqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloona

When We sent them two [messengers], but they rejected them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, “We are sent to you as messengers.”

Qaloo ma antum illa basharun mithluna wama anzala alrrahmanu min shayin in antum illa takthiboona

They said, “You are no more than human beings like us, and the Most Compassionate has not sent down anything. You are simply lying.”

Qaloo rabbuna yaAAlamu inna ilaykum lamursaloona

They said, “Our Lord knows that we are sent to you as messengers.

Wama AAalayna illa albalaghu almubeenu

Our duty is only to convey the message clearly.”

Qaloo inna tatayyarna bikum lain lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minna AAathabun aleemun

The people said, “We consider you as an evil omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and we will inflict upon you a painful punishment.”

Qaloo tairukum maAAakum ain thukkirtum bal antum qawmun musrifoona

The messengers said, “Your evil omen is with yourselves [because of your disbelief]. Is it[5] because you are admonished? Rather, you are a people who transgress all bounds.”

Wajaa min aqsa almadeenati rajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAoo almursaleena

A man came from the farthest end of the city, rushing, and said, “O my people, follow the messengers.

IttabiAAoo man la yasalukum ajran wahum muhtadoona

Follow those who ask no recompense of you, and who are guided.

Wama liya la aAAbudu allathee fataranee wailayhi turjaAAoona

Why should I not worship the One Who created me and to Whom you will all be brought back?

Aattakhithu min doonihi alihatan in yuridni alrrahmanu bidurrin la tughni AAannee shafaAAatuhum shayan wala yunqithooni

Should I take besides Him other gods whose intercession cannot avail me in the least, nor can they come to my rescue, if the Most Compassionate wills to harm me?

Innee ithan lafee dalalin mubeenin

Surely I would then be clearly misguided.

Innee amantu birabbikum faismaAAooni

I believe in your Lord, so listen to me.”

Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala ya layta qawmee yaAAlamoona

[But they killed him], so he was told[6], “Enter Paradise.” He said, “If only my people knew[7]

Bima ghafara lee rabbee wajaAAalanee mina almukrameena

of how my Lord has forgiven me, and made me among the honored ones.”

Wama anzalna AAala qawmihi min baAAdihi min jundin mina alssamai wama kunna munzileena

After his death, We did not send down any soldiers from heaven against his people, nor would We have done so.

In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum khamidoona

It was no more than a single blast, and immediately they were extinguished.

Ya hasratan AAala alAAibadi ma yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

Alas for the humans! No messenger ever comes to them but they ridicule him.

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoona

Do they not see how many generations We destroyed before them who will never come back to them[8]?

Wain kullun lamma jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

Yet all of them will be brought before Us.

Waayatun lahumu alardu almaytatu ahyaynaha waakhrajna minha habban faminhu yakuloona

There is a sign for them in the dead land: We give it life and produce from it grain for them to eat.

WajaAAalna feeha jannatin min nakheelin waaAAnabin wafajjarna feeha mina alAAuyooni

And We have made therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines, and caused springs to gush forth,

Liyakuloo min thamarihi wama AAamilathu aydeehim afala yashkuroona

so that they may eat of its fruit that was not made by their hands[9]. Will they not then give thanks?

Subhana allathee khalaqa alazwaja kullaha mimma tunbitu alardu wamin anfusihim wamimma la yaAAlamoona

Glory be to the One Who created all types of things[10] that the earth produces, and of themselves, and of things that they have no knowledge about.

Waayatun lahumu allaylu naslakhu minhu alnnahara faitha hum muthlimoona

There is another sign for them in the night: We strip from it the daylight, and they are left in darkness.

Waalshshamsu tajree limustaqarrin laha thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi

The sun is running to its determined course. That is the design of the All-Mighty, All-Knowing.

Waalqamara qaddarnahu manazila hatta AAada kaalAAurjooni alqadeemi

As for the moon, We have determined phases for it, until it becomes like an old palm stalk.

La alshshamsu yanbaghee laha an tudrika alqamara wala allaylu sabiqu alnnahari wakullun fee falakin yasbahoona

It is not for the sun to catch up with the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day. Each is floating in its own orbit.

Waayatun lahum anna hamalna thurriyyatahum fee alfulki almashhooni

Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring[11] in the loaded Ark,

Wakhalaqna lahum min mithlihi ma yarkaboona

and We created for them similar things on which they ride.

Wain nasha nughriqhum fala sareekha lahum wala hum yunqathoona

If We willed, We could drown them, then there would be no one to respond to their cry, nor could they be rescued,

Illa rahmatan minna wamataAAan ila heenin

except by a mercy from Us, leaving them to enjoy for a while.

Waitha qeela lahumu ittaqoo ma bayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoona

When it is said to them, “Beware of what is ahead of you and what is behind you[12], so that you may be shown mercy[13].”

Wama tateehim min ayatin min ayati rabbihim illa kanoo AAanha muAArideena

No sign ever comes to them from their Lord except that they turn away from it.

Waitha qeela lahum anfiqoo mimma razaqakumu Allahu qala allatheena kafaroo lillatheena amanoo anutAAimu man law yashao Allahu atAAamahu in antum illa fee dalalin mubeenin

And when it is said to them, “Spend of what Allah has provided you with”, the disbelievers say to the believers, “Should we feed those whom Allah could feed if He willed? You are clearly misguided!”

Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

They say, “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”

Ma yanthuroona illa sayhatan wahidatan takhuthuhum wahum yakhissimoona

They are not awaiting but a single Blast that will seize them while they are still disputing[14].

Fala yastateeAAoona tawsiyatan wala ila ahlihim yarjiAAoona

Then they will not be able to make a will, nor will they be able to return to their households.

Wanufikha fee alssoori faitha hum mina alajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloona

The Trumpet will be blown[15] [again], and at once they will rush from their graves to their Lord.

Qaloo ya waylana man baAAathana min marqadina hatha ma waAAada alrrahmanu wasadaqa almursaloona

They will say, “Woe to us! Who has resurrected us from our resting place?” [They will be told,] “This is what the Most Compassionate promised, and the messengers told the truth.”

In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

It will only be a single Blast, and at once they will all be brought before Us.

Faalyawma la tuthlamu nafsun shayan wala tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona

On that Day no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be recompensed except for what you used to do.

Inna ashaba aljannati alyawma fee shughulin fakihoona

Indeed, on that Day the people of Paradise will be busy enjoying themselves,

Hum waazwajuhum fee thilalin AAala alaraiki muttakioona

they and their spouses will be reclining on couches in the shade.

Lahum feeha fakihatun walahum ma yaddaAAoona

They will have therein fruits and all what they ask for[16].

Salamun qawlan min rabbin raheemin

“Peace”: a word from a Most Merciful Lord.

Waimtazoo alyawma ayyuha almujrimoona

“Stand apart [from the believers] this Day, O wicked ones!

Alam aAAhad ilaykum ya banee adama an la taAAbudoo alshshaytana innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

Did I not command you, O children of Adam, not to worship Satan, for he is your sworn enemy,

Waani oAAbudoonee hatha siratun mustaqeemun

but to worship Me? This is a straight path.

Walaqad adalla minkum jibillan katheeran afalam takoonoo taAAqiloona

He had already misled great multitudes of you. Did you not then have sense?

Hathihi jahannamu allatee kuntum tooAAadoona

This is the Hell that you were promised.

Islawha alyawma bima kuntum takfuroona

Burn in it Today for your disbelief[17].”

Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihim watukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanoo yaksiboona

Today We will seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to all what they used to do.

Walaw nashao latamasna AAala aAAyunihim faistabaqoo alssirata faanna yubsiroona

If We willed, We could have taken away their sight, so they would rush to find their way, but then how could they see?

Walaw nashao lamasakhnahum AAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyan wala yarjiAAoona

And if We willed, We could have paralyzed them in their places[18], so they could neither move forward nor backward.

Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkishu fee alkhalqi afala yaAAqiloona

Whomsoever We give a long life, We cause his strength to decline[19]. Do they not then understand?

Wama AAallamnahu alshshiAAra wama yanbaghee lahu in huwa illa thikrun waquranun mubeenun

We have not taught him poetry, nor is it fitting for him. This is only a Reminder and a clear Qur’an

Liyunthira man kana hayyan wayahiqqa alqawlu AAala alkafireena

so that he may warn those who are truly alive[20] and establish the argument against the disbelievers.

Awalam yaraw anna khalaqna lahum mimma AAamilat aydeena anAAaman fahum laha malikoona

Do they not see that We have created for them livestock made by Our Hands, and then they are their owners?

Wathallalnaha lahum faminha rakoobuhum waminha yakuloona

And We have made them subservient to them; some they ride, and from others they eat,

Walahum feeha manafiAAu wamasharibu afala yashkuroona

and there are other benefits and drinks therein for them. Will they not then give thanks?

Waittakhathoo min dooni Allahi alihatan laAAallahum yunsaroona

Yet they have taken other gods besides Allah, hoping that they may be helped.

La yastateeAAoona nasrahum wahum lahum jundun muhdaroona

They cannot help them, yet they serve them as their dedicated guards[21].

Fala yahzunka qawluhum inna naAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona

Do not let their words grieve you. Surely We know what they conceal and what they reveal.

Awalam yara alinsanu anna khalaqnahu min nutfatin faitha huwa khaseemun mubeenun

Does man not see that We have created him from a sperm-drop, then[22] he becomes a clear adversary,

Wadaraba lana mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithama wahiya rameemun

producing arguments[23] against Us while forgetting his own creation[24]. He says, “Who can give life to the bones after they have crumbled to dust?”

Qul yuhyeeha allathee anshaaha awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin AAaleemun

Say, “The One Who created them in the first place will give life to them, for He has full knowledge of every created being;

Allathee jaAAala lakum mina alshshajari alakhdari naran faitha antum minhu tooqidoona

the One Who made for you fire out of the green tree, with which you kindle your fires[25].”

Awalaysa allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda biqadirin AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum bala wahuwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

Is not the One Who created the heavens and earth able to create the like of these [people]? Yes indeed, for He is the Creator of all, the All-Knowing.

Innama amruhu itha arada shayan an yaqoola lahu kun fayakoonu

Whenever He wills something to be, He only says to it, “Be”, and it is.

Fasubhana allathee biyadihi malakootu kulli shayin wailayhi turjaAAoona

So glory be to the One in Whose Hand is the dominion of everything, and to Him you will all be returned.