Ya-Seen (Yâ­Sîn)

In the name of Allah, Gracious, Merciful.

¹Yasin.¹

²By the Qur’an full of wisdom

³You are indeed one of the apostles.

⁴On a straight way.

⁵It is a revelation sent down by Him, the exalted in might, most merciful.

⁶In order that you may admonish a people whose fathers had received no admonition and who therefore remain heedless of the signs of Allah.

⁷The word is proved true against the greater part of them; for they do not believe.

⁸We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up.²

⁹And We have put a bar in front of them, and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim

¹Ya sin

²Wal qur anil hakim

³In naka laminal mursalin

⁴Ala siratim mustaqim

⁵Tanzilal azizir rahim

⁶Litunzira qaumam ma unzira aba uhum fahum gafilun

⁷Laqad haqqal qaulu ala aksarihim fahum la yuminun

⁸Inna jaalna fi anaqihim aglalan fahiya ilal azqani fahum muqmahun

⁹Wa jaalna min baini aidihim saddaw wa minhalfihim saddan fa agsainahum fahum la yubsirun

1. Unlike the alphabet introductions such TSM (28), ALM (29), Ya Sin is translatable a phrase, most commentators like Muhammad Ali, Yusuf Ali and Ghulam Farid all agree that the phrase simply translated means “Oh, Man” from Ya insan. Though most translations retain its Arabic import and title it “Ya-Sin.

2. A recurring theme in the Qur’an is that those who do not accept Muhammad’s preaching are arrogant, here, the theme is repeated with the expression that yokes are put round their necks to symbolize their arrogance.

¹⁰And it is the same to them whether you admonish them or you do not admonish them: they will not believe.

¹¹You can but admonish: such a one as follows the message and fears the most gracious, unseen: give such a one therefore good tidings of forgiveness and a reward most generous.

¹²Verily, We shall give life to the dead and We record that which they sent before and that which they leave behind and of all things have We taken account in a clear book of evidence.

¹³Set forth to them by way of a parable, of the companions of the city. Behold there came apostles to it.

¹⁴When We first sent to them two apostles they rejected them: but We strengthened them with a third: they said “Truly we have been sent on a mission to you.”

¹⁰Wa sawa un alaihim a anzartahum am lam tunzirhum la yuminun

¹¹Innama tunziru manit tabaazikra wa hasyiyar rahmana bil gaib fabas sirhu bimagfiratiw wa ajrin karim

¹²Inna nahnu nuhil mauta wa naktubu ma qad damu wa asarahum wa kulla saiin ahsainahu fi imamim mubin

¹³Wadrib lahum masalan ashabal qaryah iz ja ahal mursalun

¹⁴Iz arsalna ilaimus naini fakazzabuhuma faazzazna bitsalisin faqalu inna ilaikum mursalun

¹⁵They said: “You are only men like ourselves; and the most gracious sends no sort of revelation: You do nothing but lie.”

¹⁶They said: “Our Lord does know that we have been sent on a mission to you:

¹⁷“And Our duty is only to proclaim the clear message.”

¹⁸The people said: “for us We augur an evil omen from you: if you desist not we will certainly stone you and a grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us.”

¹⁹They said: “Your evil omens are with yourselves: if you are admonished? No, but you are a people transgressing all bounds!”

²⁰Then there came running from the farthest part of the city a man saying “O my people! obey the apostles:

²¹“Obey those who ask no reward of you for themselves and who have themselves received guidance.

¹⁵Qalu ma antum illa basarum misluna wa ma anzalar rahmanu min saiin inantum illa takzibun

¹⁶Qalu rabbuna yalamu inna ilaikum lamursalun

¹⁷Wa ma alaina illal balagul mubin

¹⁸Qalu inna tatay yarna bikum la illam tantahu lanarjuman nakum wa layamas sannakum minna azabun alim

¹⁹Qalu ta irukum maakuma in zukkirtum bal antum qaumum musrifun

²⁰Wa ja a min aqsal madinati rajuluy yasa qala ya qaumit tabiul mursalin

²¹Attabiu malla yas alukum ajraw wa hummuhtadun

²²“It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him who created me and to whom you shall be brought back.

²³“Shall I take gods besides Him? If the most gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their intercession for me, nor can they deliver me.

²⁴“I would indeed if I were to do so be in manifest error.

²⁵“For me I have faith in your Lord: listen then to me!”

²⁶It was said: “Enter the garden.” He said “Ah me! would that my people knew what I know!

²⁷“For that my Lord has granted me forgiveness and has enrolled me among those held in honor!”

²⁸And We sent not down against his people after Him any hosts from heaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do.

²²Wa ma liya la abudul lazi fatarani wa ilaihi turjaun

²³Aat takhizu min dunihi alihatan iyyuridnir rahmanu bidur rilla tugni anni syafaatuhum sai awwa la yunqizun

²⁴Inni izal lafi dalalim mubin

²⁵Inni amantu birabbikum fasmaun

²⁶Qiladkhulil jannah qala yalaita qaumi yalamun

²⁷Bima gafara li rabbi wa jaalani minal mukramin

²⁸Wa ma anzalna ala qaumihi mim badi min jundim minas samaI wama kunna munzilin

²⁹It was no more than a single mighty blast and behold! they were quenched and silent.

³⁰Ah! alas for My servants! There came not an apostle to them but they mock Him!

³¹Do they not see how many generations before them We destroyed? They will not return to them:

³²And each one of them all will be brought before Us for judgment.

³³A sign for them is the earth that is dead; We do give it life and produce grain therefrom of which you do eat.

³⁴And We produce therein orchards with date palms and vines and We cause springs to gush forth therein.

²⁹Inkanat illa saihataw wahidatan fa iza humkhamidun

³⁰Ya hasratan alal ibad ma yatihim mirrasulin illa kanu bihi yastahziun

³¹Alam yarau kam ahlakna qablahum minal quruni annahum ilaihim la yarjiun

³²Wa inkullu lamma jamiul ladaina muhdarun

³³Wa ayatul lahumul ardhul maitah ahyainaha wa akhrajna minha haban faminhu yakulun

³⁴Wa jaalna fiha jan jatim minnakhiliw wa anabiw wa fajjarna fiha minal uyun

³⁵That they may enjoy the fruits of this artistry: it was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks?

³⁶Glory to Allah who created in pairs all things that the earth produces as well as their own kind and things of which they have no knowledge.

³⁷And a sign for them is the night: We withdraw therefrom the day and behold they are plunged in darkness;

³⁸And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is the decree of the exalted in might, the all-knowing.

³⁹And the moon We have measured for her mansions till she returns like the old and withered lower part of date stalk.

⁴⁰It is not permitted to the sun to catch up the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day: each swims along in its orbit according to law.

⁴¹And a sign for them is that We bore their race through the flood in the loaded Ark;

³⁵Liyakulu min samarihi wa ma amilat hu aidihim afala yaskurun

³⁶Subhanal lazi khalaqal azwaja kul laha mimma tun bitul ardu wa min anfusihim wa mimma la yalamun

³⁷Wa ayatul lahumul lail naslakhu minhun nahara fa iza hum muzlimun

³⁸Was samsu tajri limustaqar ril laha zalika taqdirul azizil alim

³⁹Wal qamara qad darnahu manazila hatta ada kal urjunil qadim

⁴⁰Lassamsu yan bagi laha an tudrikal qamara wa lallailu sabiqun nahar wa kul lun fi falakiy yasbahun

⁴¹Wa ayatul lahum anna hamalna zur riyyatahum fil fulkil mashun

⁴²And We have created for them similar vessels on which they ride.

⁴³And if it were Our will We could drown them; then would there be no helper, nor could they be delivered.

⁴⁴Except by way of mercy from Us and by way of convenience for a time.

⁴⁵And when they are told “Fear that which is before you and that which will be after you in order that you may receive mercy”.

⁴⁶And not a sign comes to them from among the signs of their Lord but they turn away therefrom.

⁴⁷And when they are told “Spend of the bounties with which Allah has provided you.” The unbelievers say to those who believe: “Shall we then feed those whom if Allah had so willed He would have fed himself? You are in nothing but manifest error.”

⁴²Wa khalaqna lahum mim mitslihi ma yarkabun

⁴³Wa innasa nugriqhum fala sarika lahum wa lahum yunqazun

⁴⁴Illa rahmatam minna wa mataan ila hin

⁴⁵Wa iza qila lahumut taqu ma baina aidikum wa ma khalfakum laal lakum turhamun

⁴⁶Wa ma tatihim min ayatim min ayati rabbihim illa kanu anha muridin

⁴⁷Wa iza qila lahum anfiqu mimma razaqakumul lahu qalal lazina kafaru lillazina amanu anutimu mal lau yasya ullahu atamahu inantum illa fi alalim mubin

⁴⁸Further they say “When will this promise come to pass if what you say is true?”

⁴⁹They will not wait for aught but a single blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!

⁵⁰No chance will they then have by will to dispose of their affairs, nor to return to their own people!

⁵¹The trumpet shall be sounded when behold! from the sepulchers (men) will rush forth to their Lord!

⁵²They will say: “Ah! woe unto us! Who has raised us up from our beds of repose? A voice will say: ”This is what Allah, the most gracious had promised and true was the word of the apostles!”

⁵³It will be no more than a single blast when lo! they will all be brought up before Us!

⁴⁸Wa yaquluna mata hazal wadu inkuntum sadiqin

⁴⁹Ma yanzuruna illa saihataw wahidatan takhuzuhum wa hum yakhis simun

⁵⁰Fala yastatiuna tausiyataw wa la ila ahlihim yarjiun

⁵¹Wa nufikha fis suri fa iza hum minal ajdatsi ila rabbihim yansilun

⁵²Qalu ya wailana man baatsana mim marqadina haza ma waadar rahmanu wa sadaqal mursalun

⁵³In kanatilla saihataw wahidatan fa iza hum jamiul ladaina muhdarun

⁵⁴Then on that day not a soul will be wronged in the least and you shall but be repaid the meets of your past deeds.

⁵⁵Verily, the companions of the garden shall that day have joy in all that they do;

⁵⁶They and their associates will be in groves of cool shade reclining on thrones of dignity;

⁵⁷Every fruit will be there for them; they shall have whatever they call for;

⁵⁸“Peace! a word from the Lord most merciful!

⁵⁹And O you in sin! get apart this day!

⁶⁰“Did I not enjoin on you, O children of Adam, that you should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an avowed enemy?

⁶¹“And that you should worship Me, this was the straight way?

⁵⁴Falyauma la tuzlamu nafsun sai awwa la tujzauna illa ma kuntum tamalun

⁵⁵Inna ashabal jannatil yauma fi sugulin fakihun

⁵⁶Hum wa azwajuhum fi zilalin alal ara iki mut takiun

⁵⁷Lahum fiha fakihatuw wa lahum ma yaddaun

⁵⁸Salamun qaulam mirrabbir rahim

⁵⁹Wamtazul yauma ayyuhal mujrimun

⁶⁰Alam ahad ilaikum ya bani Adama alla tabudus Syaitan innahu lakum aduwwum mubin

⁶¹Wa ani buduni hazasiratum mustaqim

⁶²“And he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not then understand?

⁶³“This is the hell of which you were warned!

⁶⁴“Embrace the fire this day for that you persistently rejected truth.”

⁶⁵That day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to Us and their feet bear witness to all that they did.

⁶⁶If it had been Our will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes; then should they have run about groping for the path, but how could they have seen?

⁶⁷And if it had been Our will, We could have transformed them in their places: then should they have been unable to move about nor could they have returned after error.

⁶⁸And if We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: will they not then understand?

⁶²Wa laqad adhal la minkum jibil lan katsira afalam takunu taqilun

⁶³Hazihil jahannamul lati kuntum tuadun

⁶⁴Islauhal yauma bima kuntum takfurun

⁶⁵Alyauma nakhtimu ala afwahihim wa tukallimuna aidihim wa tashadu arjuluhum bima kanu yaksibun

⁶⁶Wa lau nasyau lathamasna ala ayunihim fastabaqus sirata fa anna yubsirun

⁶⁷Wa lau nasyau lama sakhnahum ala maka natihim famas tatau mudiyyaw wa la yarjiun

⁶⁸Wa man nuam mirhu nunak kis hu fil khalq afala yaqilun

⁶⁹And We have not instructed the prophet in poetry, nor is it meet for Him: this is no less than a message and a Qur’an making things clear:

⁷⁰That it may give admonition to any alive and that the charge may be proved against those who reject Truth.

⁷¹Do they not see that it is We who have created for them among the things which Our hands have fashioned, cattle, which are under their dominion?

⁷²And that We have subjected them to their use? Of them some do carry them and some they eat:

⁷³And they have other profits from them besides and they get milk to drink. Will they not then be grateful?

⁷⁴And yet they take gods other than Allah, that they might be helped!

⁷⁵They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up as a troop to be condemned.

⁶⁹Wa ma al lamnahus sira wa ma yan bagil lah inhuwa illa zikruw wa quranum mubin

⁷⁰Liyunzira man kana hayyaw wa yahiq qal qaulu alal kafirin

⁷¹Awalam yarau anna khalaqna lahum mim ma amilat aidina an aman fahum laha malikum

⁷²Wa zal lalnaha lahum faminha rakubuhum wa minha yakulum

⁷³Wa lahum fiha manafiu wa masyarib afala yaskurun

⁷⁴Wa takahuzu mindunil lahi alihatal laat lahum yunsarun

⁷⁵La yastatiuna nasrahum wa hum lahum jundum muhdarun

⁷⁶Let not their speech then grieve you. Verily, We know what they hide as well as what they disclose.

⁷⁷Does not man see that it is We who created him from sperm? Yet behold! he stands forth as an open adversary!

⁷⁸And he makes comparisons for us and forgets his own origin and creation: He says “Who can give life to dry bones and decomposed ones at that?”

⁷⁹Say “He will give them life who created them for the first time! For He is well versed in every kind of creation!

⁸⁰“The same who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith your own fires!

⁷⁶Fala yahzunka qauluhum inna nalamu ma yusirruna wa ma yulinun

⁷⁷Awa lam yaral insanu anna khalaqnahu minnutfatin fa iza huwa khasimum mubin

⁷⁸Wa daraba lana matsalaw wa nasiya halqah qala mayyuhyil izama wahiya ramim

⁷⁹Qul yuhyi hallazi an sa aha awwala marrah wa huwa bikulli khalqin alim

⁸⁰Nil lazi jaala lakum minas sajaril akhdari naran fa iza antum minhu tuqidun

⁸¹“Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof?” Yea, indeed! for He is the supreme creator of skill and knowledge infinite!

⁸²Verily, when He intends a thing, His command is “Be” and it is!

⁸³So glory to Him in whose hands is the dominion of all things; and to Him will you be all brought back.

⁸¹Awa laisal lazi khalaqnas samawati wal arda biqadirin ala ayyakhluqa mitslahum bala wa huwal khal laqul alim

⁸²Innama amruhu iza arada sai an ayyaqula lahu kun fayakun

⁸³Fasubhanal lazi biyadihi malakutu kulli sai aw wa ilaihi turjaun