Surah Ya-Sin

يس

Full text, transliteration, translation and color-coded tajweed

83 verses
Meccan
Juz 22 to 23
Pages 440 to 445
18 min 52 s to listen
555 tajweed rules

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725 words
Order of revelation: 41

Ya-Sin (يس) is surah 36 of the Quran: Meccan, 83 verses, from juz 22 to 23, pages 440 to 445 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 18 min 52 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Ya-Sin with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.

The full text of Ya-Sin

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

يسٓ ﴿١﴾

yā-sīn

Yā, Seen.

See footnote to 2:1.
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

wal-qur'āni l-ḥakīm

By the wise Qur’ān,

See footnote to 10:1.
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٣﴾

innaka lamina l-mursalīn

Indeed you, [O Muḥammad], are from among the messengers,
عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾

ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

On a straight path.
تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٥﴾

tanzīla l-ʿazīzi r-raḥīm

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿٦﴾

litundhira qawmam mā 'undhira 'ābā'uhum fahum ghāfilūn

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٧﴾

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

Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَـٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ ﴿٨﴾

innā jaʿalnā fī 'aʿnāqihim 'aghlālan fahiya 'ila l-adhqāni fahum muqmaḥūn

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٩﴾

wajaʿalnā mim bayni 'aydīhim saddaw wamin khalfihim saddan fa'aghshaynāhum fahum lā yubṣirūn

And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.
وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

wasawā'un ʿalayhim 'a'andhartahum 'am lam tundhirhum lā yu'minūn

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.
إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١١﴾

innamā tundhiru mani ttabaʿa dh-dhikra wakhashiya r-raḥmāna bil-ghayb | fabashshirhu bimaghfiratiw wa'ajrin karīm

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.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَـٰرَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٢﴾

innā naḥnu nuḥyi l-mawtā wanaktubu mā qaddamū wa'āthārahum | wakulla shay'in 'aḥṣaynāhu fī 'imāmim mubīn

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.
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

waḍrib lahum mathalan 'aṣḥāba l-qaryati 'idh jā'aha l-mursalūn

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

idh 'arsalnā 'ilayhimu thnayni fakadhdhabūhumā faʿazzaznā bithālithin faqālū 'innā 'ilaykum mursalūn

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."
قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

qālū mā 'antum 'illā basharum mithlunā wamā 'anzala r-raḥmānu min shay'in 'in 'antum 'illā takdhibūn

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."
قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

qālū rabbunā yaʿlamu 'innā 'ilaykum lamursalūn

They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,
وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿١٧﴾

wamā ʿalaynā 'illa l-balāghu l-mubīn

And we are not responsible except for clear notification."
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٨﴾

qālū 'innā taṭayyarnā bikum | la'il lam tantahū lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnā ʿadhābun 'alīm

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."
قَالُوا۟ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

qālū ṭā'irukum maʿakum | a'in dhukkirtum | bal 'antum qawmum musrifūn

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

Your threat against us.
وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

wajā'a min 'aqṣa l-madīnati rajuluy yasʿā qāla yāqawmi ttabiʿu l-mursalīn

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

ittabiʿū mal lā yas'alukum 'ajraw wahum muhtadūn

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.
وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

wamā liya lā 'aʿbudu lladhī faṭaranī wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?
ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ ﴿٢٣﴾

a'attakhidhu min dūnihī 'ālihatan 'iy yuridni r-raḥmānu biḍurril lā tughni ʿannī shafāʿatuhum shay'aw walā yunqidhūn

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?
إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

innī 'idhal lafī ḍalālim mubīn

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.
إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾

innī 'āmantu birabbikum fasmaʿūn

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."
قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

qīla dkhuli l-jannah | qāla yālayta qawmī yaʿlamūn

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

An abrupt transfer to the Hereafter conveys the meaning that the man met a violent death at the hands of the disbelievers and so was martyred for the cause of Allāh.
بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

bimā ghafara lī rabbī wajaʿalanī mina l-mukramīn

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."
۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

wamā 'anzalnā ʿalā qawmihī mim baʿdihī min jundim mina s-samā'i wamā kunnā munzilīn

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.
إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَـٰمِدُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

in kānat 'illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fa'idhā hum khāmidūn

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

From Gabriel or a blast from the sky.
يَـٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

yāḥasratan ʿala l-ʿibād | mā ya'tīhim mir rasūlin 'illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

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

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

i.e., to those living presently in the world.
وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

wa'in kullul lammā jamīʿul ladaynā muḥḍarūn

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَـٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

wa'āyatul lahumu l-arḍu l-maytatu 'aḥyaynāhā wa'akhrajnā minhā ḥabban faminhu ya'kulūn

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.
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّـٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَـٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ ﴿٣٤﴾

wajaʿalnā fīhā jannātim min nakhīliw wa'aʿnābiw wafajjarnā fīhā mina l-ʿuyūn

And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -
لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

liya'kulū min thamarihī wamā ʿamilat-hu 'aydīhim | afalā yashkurūn

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

i.e., that which Allāh has produced for them.
An alternative meaning is "And [eat from] what their hands have produced [i.e., planted and harvested]." Both are grammatically correct.
سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

subḥāna lladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā mimmā tumbitu l-arḍu wamin 'anfusihim wamimmā lā yaʿlamūn

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

Or "all species."
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

wa'āyatul lahumu llaylu naslakhu minhu n-nahāra fa'idhā hum muẓlimūn

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

Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches.
وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾

wash-shamsu tajrī limustaqarril lahā | dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīm

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ ﴿٣٩﴾

wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿurjūni l-qadīm

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

la sh-shamsu yambaghī lahā 'an tudrika l-qamara wala llaylu sābiqu n-nahār | wakullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn

It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ﴿٤١﴾

wa'āyatul lahum 'annā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fi l-fulki l-mashḥūn

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

Usually meaning "descendants" or "offspring," the word "dhurriyyah" is used here to denote forefathers (their being the offspring of Noah), who were saved from the flood.
وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

wakhalaqnā lahum mim mithlihī mā yarkabūn

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.
وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

wa'in nasha' nughriqhum falā ṣarīkha lahum walā hum yunqadhūn

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
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

illā raḥmatam minnā wamatāʿan 'ilā ḥīn

Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

wa'idhā qīla lahumu ttaqū mā bayna 'aydīkum wamā khalfakum laʿallakum turḥamūn

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

Of sins or of life in this world and the Hereafter.
The conclusion of this sentence is understood to be "...they ignored the warning."
وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

wamā ta'tīhim min 'āyatim min 'āyāti rabbihim 'illā kānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīn

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٤٧﴾

wa'idhā qīla lahum 'anfiqū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu qāla lladhīna kafarū lilladhīna 'āmanū 'anuṭʿimu mal law yashā'u llāhu 'aṭʿamahū 'in 'antum 'illā fī ḍalālim mubīn

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allāh has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allāh had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

wayaqūlūna matā hādha l-waʿdu 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

mā yanẓurūna 'illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan ta'khudhuhum wahum yakhiṣṣimūn

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

Literally, "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which will strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

falā yastaṭīʿūna tawṣiyataw walā 'ilā 'ahlihim yarjiʿūn

And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

wanufikha fi ṣ-ṣūri fa'idhā hum mina l-ajdāthi 'ilā rabbihim yansilūn

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

For the second time, signaling the Resurrection.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

qālū yāwaylanā mam baʿathanā mim marqadinā | hādhā mā waʿada r-raḥmānu waṣadaqa l-mursalūn

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."
إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

in kānat 'illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fa'idhā hum jamīʿul ladaynā muḥḍarūn

It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us.
فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

fal-yawma lā tuẓlamu nafsun shay'aw walā tujzawna 'illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn

So today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] no soul will be wronged at all, and you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do.
إِنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَـٰكِهُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

inna 'aṣḥāba l-jannati l-yawma fī shughulin fākihūn

Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -
هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

hum wa'azwājuhum fī ẓilālin ʿala l-arā'iki muttaki'ūn

They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

lahum fīhā fākihatuw walahum mā yaddaʿūn

For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]
سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ ﴿٥٨﴾

salāmun qawlam mir rabbir raḥīm

[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.
وَٱمْتَـٰزُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

wamtāzu l-yawma 'ayyuha l-mujrimūn

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

i.e., remove yourself from the ranks of the believers to be distinguished from them.
۞ أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٦٠﴾

alam 'aʿhad 'ilaykum yābanī 'ādama 'al lā taʿbudu sh-shayṭān | innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn

Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -
وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٦١﴾

wa'ani ʿbudūnī | hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm

And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

walaqad 'aḍalla minkum jibillan kathīrā | afalam takūnū taʿqilūn

And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

hādhihī jahannamu llatī kuntum tūʿadūn

This is the Hellfire which you were promised.
ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

iṣlawha l-yawma bimā kuntum takfurūn

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

Or "because you used to disbelieve."
ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

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

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.
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

walaw nashā'u laṭamasnā ʿalā 'aʿyunihim fastabaqu ṣ-ṣirāṭa fa'annā yubṣirūn

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

Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have left man without means of guidance in the life of this world, although in His mercy He did not.
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

walaw nashā'u lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim fama staṭāʿū muḍiyyaw walā yarjiʿūn

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.

He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have prevented man from taking any action to benefit himself in this world or the Hereafter, yet He did not.
وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

waman nuʿammirhu nunakkis-hu fi l-khalq | afalā yaʿqilūn

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

In his physical and mental capacity.
وَمَا عَلَّمْنَـٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٦٩﴾

wamā ʿallamnāhu sh-shiʿra wamā yambaghī lah | in huwa 'illā dhikruw waqur'ānum mubīn

And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān
لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٧٠﴾

liyundhira man kāna ḥayyaw wayaḥiqqa l-qawlu ʿala l-kāfirīn

To warn whoever is alive and justify the word [i.e., decree] against the disbelievers.

In heart and mind, i.e., the believers.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَـٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَـٰلِكُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

awalam yaraw 'annā khalaqnā lahum mimmā ʿamilat 'aydīnā 'anʿāman fahum lahā mālikūn

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

See footnote to 2:19.
وَذَلَّلْنَـٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

wadhallalnāhā lahum faminhā rakūbuhum waminhā ya'kulūn

And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.
وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

walahum fīhā manāfiʿu wamashārib | afalā yashkurūn

And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will they not be grateful?
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

wattakhadhū min dūni llāhi 'ālihatal laʿallahum yunṣarūn

But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣrahum wahum lahum jundum muḥḍarūn

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

Maintaining and protecting their "gods." Another interpretation is that they (i.e., the gods) will be soldiers set against them in Hellfire.
فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ﴿٧٦﴾

falā yaḥzunka qawluhum | innā naʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿlinūn

So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٧٧﴾

awalam yara l-insānu 'annā khalaqnāhu min nuṭfatin fa'idhā huwa khaṣīmum mubīn

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

i.e., as soon as he becomes self-sufficient.
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ ﴿٧٨﴾

waḍaraba lanā mathalaw wanasiya khalqah | qāla may yuḥyi l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīm

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

Attempting to establish the finality of death.
قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٧٩﴾

qul yuḥyīha lladhī 'ansha'ahā 'awwala marrah | wahuwa bikulli khalqin ʿalīm

Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

alladhī jaʿala lakum mina sh-shajari l-akhḍari nāran fa'idhā 'antum minhu tūqidūn

[It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.
أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨١﴾

awalaysa lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍa biqādirin ʿalā 'ay yakhluqa mithlahum | balā wahuwa l-khallāqu l-ʿalīm

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.
إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿٨٢﴾

innamā 'amruhū 'idhā 'arāda shay'an 'ay yaqūla lahū kun fayakūn

His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

fasubḥāna lladhī biyadihī malakūtu kulli shay'iw wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

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

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.

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Tajweed in Ya-Sin, by the numbers

The 555 color-coded rules of Ya-Sin, from most to least frequent
Rule	Count	Examples
Hamzat al-Wasl	91	وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ36:2 ٱلْحَكِيمِ36:2
Madd at a stop	82	ٱلْحَكِيمِ36:2 ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ36:3
Madd Tabee'ee	76	صِرَٰطٍ36:4 غَـٰفِلُونَ36:6
Ikhfa	63	تَنزِيلَ36:5 لِتُنذِرَ36:6
Idgham with Ghunnah	47	صِرَٰطٍ36:4 قَوْمًا36:6
Ghunnah	36	إِنَّكَ36:3 إِنَّا36:8
Madd Munfasil	35	مَّآ36:6 عَلَىٰٓ36:7
Qalqalah	29	لَقَدْ36:7 مُّقْمَحُونَ36:8
Unpronounced letter	26	قَدَّمُوا۟36:12 فَقَالُوٓا۟36:14
Idgham without Ghunnah	17	لَئِن36:18 مَن36:21
Lam Shamsiyyah	17	ٱلرَّحِيمِ36:5 ٱلذِّكْرَ36:11
Idgham Shafawi	16	فَهُم36:8 لَهُم36:13
Madd Muttasil	10	ءَابَآؤُهُمْ36:6 وَسَوَآءٌ36:10
Iqlab	6	مِنۢ36:9 تُنۢبِتُ36:36
Ikhfa Shafawi	3	ذُكِّرْتُم36:19 أَرْجُلُهُم36:65
Madd Lazim	1	يسٓ36:1

Surah Ya-Sin tajweed, verse by verse

The meaning of Ya-Sin, verse by verse

Show the meaning of the 83 verses

36:1
Ya Sin. The discussion on similar letters has already passed at the beginning of Sūrah Al-Baqarah.
36:2
Allah takes an oath by the Qur’ān, whose verses have been perfectly constructed, and to which no falsehood comes neither from in front of nor behind it.
36:3
You, O Messenger, are on the messengers whom Allah sent to His servants, to instruct them to declare His Oneness and to worship Him alone.
36:4
This straight approach and upright law is revealed from your Lord, the Mighty, whom no one can challenge, and the Merciful to His servants who have faith.
36:5
This straight approach and upright law is revealed from your Lord, the Mighty, whom no one can challenge, and the Merciful to His servants who have faith.
36:6
I revealed it to you to warn and exhort a nation, the Arabs to whom no Messenger has come to warn them and as a result they are heedless of faith and monotheism. Likewise is the case of every nation which has been away from the exhortation, they need messengers, scholars and preachers to remind them.
36:7
The punishment from Allah has become binding on most of these people, after the truth from Allah on the tongue of His Messenger reached them but they did not believe in it and remained on their disbelief. They do not have faith in Allah and nor His Messenger and they do not act on the truth that came to them.
36:8
These people do not have faith nor are they guided. Their example in this is like those in whose necks iron collars that extend all the way up and whose hands are tied to their necks under their chins. As a result, they are forced to lift their heads to the sky and they are unable to lower them. These people are shackled from having faith in Allah and therefore they do not submit to it and they do not lower their heads on account of it.
36:9
I placed before them a barrier to the truth and behind them another barrier. I covered their eyes from the truth so they cannot see in a manner that is of benefit to them. This happened to them after their stubborness and persistence in disbelief became apparent.
36:10
It is all the same to these disbelievers who oppose the truth, whether you, O Muhammad, warn them or you do not warn them. They will not accept what you have brought from Allah.
36:11
The person who really benefits from your warning is the one who accepts this Qur’ān and follows what is contained in it, and who fears His Lord in solitude where nobody else sees him. So tell those who have these attributes the pleasing news of Allah’s wiping out their sins and HForgiving them and of a great reward awaiting them in the Hereafter, which is entry into Paradise.
36:12
I shall bring the dead back to life by resurrecting them to give account on the day of resurrection. we record the good and the bad deeds that they send forth in this life to be rewarded for in the next, and we also record the good and bad aftereffects from their actions, such as the good that comes out of charity after they pass away and the evils that result of their misdeeds. We have counted everything, and recorded it in a clear book, which is the preserved tablet.
36:13
Give, O Messenger, these stubborn deniers an example that will be a lesson for them, which is the story of the people of the town when their messengers came to them.
36:14
When I sent to them at first two messengers to call them to Allah’s Oneness and His worship. But they rejected these two messengers. Then we sent as reinforcement for these two a third Messenger with them. The three messengers said to the people of the town: We - all three of us - have been sent to you, to call you to Allah’s Oneness and to follow His law.
36:15
The people of the town said to those who were sent: You are only men like us. You do not have any special status over us. The Merciful has not sent down any revelation to you. You are only lying about Allah in this claim of yours.
36:16
The three messengers said in response to the denial by the people of the town: Our Lord knows that we have been sent by Him to you, O people of the town! That is enough evidence for us.
36:17
Our duty is only to clearly convey what we have been instructed to convey to you. We have no control over your guidance.
36:18
The people of the town said to the messengers: We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop calling us to monotheism, we will punish you by stoning to death and you will receive a painful punishment from us.
36:19
The messengers said in response to them: Your evil omen is within yourselves on account of your denial of Allah and your leaving out following His messengers. Do you see an evil omen if we reminded you of Allah! In fact, you are a people who have gone too far in the perpetration of disbelief and sins.
36:20
From a far part of the town a man came running fearing his people’s denial of the messengers and their threatening to kill or harm them. He said: O my people! Follow what these messengers have brought.
36:21
O people! Follow those who do not ask you for any reward for conveying what they brought and they are rightly guided in the revelation of Allah that they convey to you. A person like this deserves to be followed.
36:22
This well-wishing man said: What prevents me from worshipping Allah Who created me? What prevents you from worshipping your Lord Who created you, and to Him alone you will return when you are resurrected for the recompense?
36:23
Shall I take other deities to be wrongly worshipped instead of Allah Who created me? If the Merciful intends harm for me, the intercession of these other deities will not avail me at all, nor will they be able to save me from the harm that Allah intended for me if I die as a disbeliever.
36:24
If I have to take them as deities besides Allah I would be in clear error as I would have worshipped a being that is not deserving of worship and I would have omitted worshipping the Being Who is deserving thereof.
36:25
O my people, I have accepted both my and your Lord, so listen to me. I do not care about the threats of murder that you make. But his people insisted on killing him and Allah entered him into Paradise.
36:26
It was said in honour of this man after his people killed him: Enter Paradise after you are killed as a martyr. When he entered it and saw the delight therein, he said longingly: If only my people who denied and killed me knew about the forgiveness of sins that I obtained and what my Lord has honoured me with, they would have believed like how I believed and they would have attained a reward similar to mine.
36:27
It was said in honour of this man after his people killed him: Enter Paradise after you are killed as a martyr. When he entered it and saw the delight therein, he said longingly: If only my people who denied and killed me knew about the forgiveness of sins that I obtained and what my Lord has honoured me with, they would have believed like how I believed and they would have attained a reward similar to mine.
36:28
In order to destroy his people who had denied and killed him, I did not need an army of angels to be sent down from the sky. Their matter was much easier than that for Me. I had decreed that their destruction will be by a blast from the sky and not by sending down the angels of punishment.
36:29
Thus the incident of the destruction of his people was simply one blast which we sent upon them and they fell down with nothing remaining. Their example is like that of a fire that was burning and then was extinguished, leaving behind no trace.
36:30
Alas for those servants who denied, and how regretful will their situation be on the day of resurrection when they will see the punishment. That is because in the world, whenever any Messenger from Allah came to them, they used to mock at and ridicule him. Their outcome will therefore be regret on the day of resurrection for the neglect of their duty to Allah.
36:31
Did these people who deny and ridicule the messengers not see a lesson in those nations who preceded them? They passed away and did not return to the world a second time. Rather they met the actions they had sent ahead and Allah will recompense them for that.
36:32
All nations, without exception, will be brought before Me on the Day of Resurrection after they are resurrected for Me to give them the recompense for their actions.
36:33
A sign for those who deny the resurrection that the resurrection is true is this dry and barren land, on which I sent down rain from the sky and I grew therein various types of plants and produced various kinds of grains for people to eat. The One Who gave life to this earth by sending down the rain and bringing out the plants, is able to give life to and resurrect the dead.
36:34
We have placed in this earth, on which I sent down rain, gardens of date palms and grapes; and I caused springs of water to gush forth to irrigate them.
36:35
So that people can eat of the fruits of those gardens that Allah has blessed them with and for which they did not make any effort. Do they not thank Allah, Who gave them all of that out of His bounty and mercy for them, by worshipping Him alone and having faith in His messengers?!
36:36
Glory be to Allah Who created the various types of plants and trees, and of the souls of people, as He created males and females, and other creations of Allah that people do not know of on land, sea and other places.
36:37
An indication for people of Allah’s Oneness is that I take away the daylight as the day draws to an end, bringing the night, as the day withdraws from it, until the people are in complete darkness.
36:38
A sign for them of Allah’s Oneness is this sun that runs to a point that Allah knows and does not go beyond that. That determination is the determination of the Mighty, who is not challenged by anyone, the Knower from Whom nothing of His creation is hidden.
36:39
A sign for them indicating His Oneness, (may He be glorified), is this moon for which I have determined phases each night. It begins small then becomes big and then small again until it becomes similar to a twisted, old date stalk, in it appearing as thin, curved, yellow and old.
36:40
These signs; the sun moon, night and day, each are predetermined by Allah's divine arrangement/determination and do not surpass what has been determined for them. The sun cannot catch up with the moon to change its course or take away its light, and nor can the night outpace the day and enter upon it before its time ends. All these creations, subservient or not, such as stars and galaxies, have their own courses as per Allah’s determination and protection.
36:41
Another sign for them of Allah’s Oneness and of His favour to His servants is that I carried those who were saved from the flood from the progeny of Adam in the time of Noah in the ship that was filled with Allah’s creations. Allah carried therein a pair of every species.
36:42
A sign for them of Allah’s Oneness and His favour to His servants is that I created for them, like the ship of Noah, conveyances and some types of animals on which they can travel long distances.
36:43
If I wished to drown them I would have done so. There would be no one to help them if I wished to drown them and there would be no one to rescue them if they drowned by My command and decree.
36:44
Except if I have mercy on them by rescuing them from drowning and restoring them to enjoy until a specified time that they will not go beyond, so that they take a lesson and have faith.
36:45
When these idolaters who turn away from faith are told: Beware of what you are going towards in the Hereafter and its difficulties, and beware of the world behind you, in the hope that Allah will favour you with His mercy, they do not comply with that but they turn away from it without any care.
36:46
Whenever Allah’s signs indicating to His Oneness and His being deserving of being worshipped alone came to these idolaters, they used to turn away from it without taking heed.
36:47
When these stubborn ones are told: Assist the poor and the needy with the wealth that Allah has provided you with, they disapprovingly reply saying to those who have faith: Shall we feed those whom Allah could feed if He wanted to?! So we do not go against His will. You, O believers, are simply in clearly error and far off from the truth.
36:48
The disbelievers who deny the resurrection say in denial of it and regarding it as far-fetched: When is this resurrection if you, O believers, are true in your claim that it is to occur?
36:49
But all these deniers of resurrection who regard it as far-fetched are waiting for is the first blast when it is blown into the trumpet, which will suddenly overtake them while they are in their worldly concerns of buying, selling, irrigating and herding and other worldly concerns.
36:50
When this blast surprises them they will not be able to make a bequest for one another, and they will not be able to return to their homes and families. Instead, they will die whilst they are in these worldly concerns of theirs.
36:51
The trumpet will be blown a second time for the resurrection, and suddenly they will all come out of their graves rushing towards their Lord for the reckoning and recompense.
36:52
These disbelievers who deny the resurrection will say in regret: What loss is ours! Who is it that has raised us from our grave? They will be given a response to their question: This is what Allah promised and will definitely occur. The messengers spoke the truth in the message of their Lord that they conveyed in this regard.
36:53
The matter of resurrection from the graves will only be an effect of a second blowing of the trumpet and all created things will be presented before us on the Day of Resurrection to give account.
36:54
Judgement will be passed with fairness on that day and you, O servants, will not be wronged in the least by an increase of your bad deeds or a reduction in your good deeds. You will simply be given the full recompense for what you used to do in the worldly life.
36:55
The people of Paradise on this day, which is the day of resurrection, will be preoccupied from thinking about others, because of the permanent bliss and supreme success they will see. They will be enjoying that happily.
36:56
They and their spouses will be comfortably sitting on couches under lush shades in Paradise.
36:57
In this Paradise they will have various types of wholesome fruits such as grapes, figs and pomegranates and they will have any type of delight or bliss that they ask for. Whatever they ask for they will get.
36:58
Over and above this bliss they will have peace that they will get, as a statement from a Lord Who is merciful to them. When He will greet them with peace they will attain peace and safety from all sides and they will obtain the greeting that no other greeting can surpass.
36:59
The idolaters will be told on the day of resurrection: Step aside from the believers. It is not appropriate for them to be with you because of the disparity in your recompense and theirs and in your attributes and theirs.
36:60
Did I not advise and instruct you on the tongues of My messengers and say to you: O children of Adam! Do not follow Satan by committing various types of disbelief and sins. Satan is a clear enemy to you. How can any sensible person follow an enemy of his who has made his enmity clear!
36:61
I instructed you, O children of Adam, to worship Me alone and not to associate anything as partners to me. Worshipping Me alone and following Me is a straight path that leads to My pleasure and entry into Paradise. But you did not comply with my advice and instruction in that regard.
36:62
Satan has misled many of you. Did you not have intellects which you could use, and with sound reasoning it would have lead you to obey your Lord and worship only Him (may He be glorified)? And your intellects should have been enough as a safeguard from you following Satan who is your clear enemy.
36:63
This is Hell, which you were warned against in the world for your disbelief. It was a matter of the Ghaib to you, but today here you can witness it with your own eyes.
36:64
Enter it today and suffer from its heat remaining therein forever on account of your rejection of Allah in your worldly life.
36:65
Today, I will seal their mouths and they will become mute not able to deny the disbelief and sins they committed. Their hands will speak to us about what they did in the world. Their feet will testify about the sins they perpetrated and walked towards.
36:66
If I had willed to take away their sight I would have done so and they will not be able to see, just as I sealed their mouths and they were not able to speak. They would have then rushed towards the path to cross over it into Paradise, but it is unlikely that they will cross over when their sight is gone.
36:67
If I had willed to alter their form and make them sit on their feet I would have altered their form and made them sit on their feet, and they will not be able to move from their place nor will they be able to move forward nor backward.
36:68
Whoever’s life I extend by lengthening his lifespan, I return him to the stage of weakness. Do they not think with their intellect and understand that this abode is not one of permanence and immortality and that the everlasting abode is that of the Hereafter!
36:69
I did not teach Muhammad (peace be upon him) poetry and nor is that appropriate for him, because it is not his nature and his disposition does not demand it so that you can claim that he is a poet. What I have taught him is only a admonition and a clear Qur’ān for those who ponder over it. It is not poetry.
36:70
To warn whose hearts are alive and they still have insight, for they are the ones who will benefit from it, And to establish the punishment against the disbelievers by making our signs manifest to them leaving them with no excuse.
36:71
Have they not seen that I have created livestock for them, and they control the affairs of that livestock by doing with it whatever they require?
36:72
I have made the livestock serviceable for them and made it submissive to them; they ride on the backs of some and transport their loads, and they also consume some of its meat.
36:73
They also have benefits in the livestock other than just riding and consuming its meat i.e. its wool, bristles, fur and value, which they use to make spreads and clothing. They can also drink of its milk. So, will they not show gratitude to Allah who has blessed them with these favours, and others?
36:74
The idolaters have taken other deities instead of Allah whom they worship, hoping that they will help them and save them from the punishment of Allah.
36:75
Those deities that they have taken are not able to help themselves, let alone help whoever worships them instead of Allah. The worshippers, together with their idols, will all be brought to the punishment but will all protest innocence from one another.
36:76
O Messenger! Do not let their statements grieve you: that you have not been sent as a messenger, or that you are a poet, and other slander they fire towards you. Indeed, I know what they say privately and publicly, nothing is hidden from Me and I will requite them for it.
36:77
Does the human who rejects the resurrection after death not ponder that I created him from semen, then he went through different phases until he was born and developed, turning into an argumentative and quarrelling creation? Does he not ponder over that to conclude that resurrection is possible?
36:78
This disbeliever is heedless and ignorant when he uses decayed bones to prove the impossibility of resurrection, saying, “Who will resurrect us?” whilst having forgotten his own creation from non-existence.
36:79
O Muhammad! Say to him in reply: “Whoever created these bones in the first place will bring them back to life, because the one who created them initially is not incapable of returning life to them; He (may He be glorified) is the knower of everything, nothing is hidden from Him.”
36:80
The being who has made for you, O people, lush green trees from which you are able to extract fire by igniting them. So the being who combined two opposites: the moisture of the green trees and the fire ignited from them, is also capable of reviving the dead.
36:81
Is not the one who created the heavens and the earth despite their grandeur, also capable of bringing the dead back to life, after causing their death? Of course! He is definitely capable of it; He is the creator who created all creations and He knows them all, so nothing is hidden from Him.
36:82
The authority and prestige of Allah is such that when He intends to create something, all He says to it is “Be!” and so it happens as He intends it. His intending to give life, cause death, and resurrect is also like that.
36:83
So Allah is glorified and free of the incapability the idolators ascribe to Him. He is the one to whom belongs total authority over everything and He does as He wishes with it; the keys to everything are in His Hands and you shall all return to Him in the Hereafter, where He will requite you over your deeds.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Ya-Sin?

83 verses and 725 words. It starts in juz 22 and covers pages 440 to 445 of the Madani Mushaf.

Is Ya-Sin Meccan or Medinan?

Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 41st.

How long does it take to listen to Ya-Sin?

18 min 52 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.

Which tajweed rules are in Ya-Sin?

555 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in Ya-Sin: Hamzat al-Wasl (91), Madd at a stop (82) and Madd Tabee'ee (76).

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