The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

36. Ya-Sin

Pickthall translation · 83 verses

Ya-Sin, the heart of the Qur'an, recited for the dead and the dying and in times of hardship — its opening letters are among the most recited sounds on earth.

2By the wise Qur'an

3Lo! thou art of those sent

4On a straight path

5A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful

6That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless

7Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not

8Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked

9And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not

10Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not

11Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward

12Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register)

13Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them

14When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you

15They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie

16They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you

17And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message)

18(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands

19They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk

20And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent

21Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided

22For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back

23Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save

24Then truly I should be in error manifest

25Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me

26It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew

27With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones

28We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send

29It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct

30Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him

31Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them

32But all, without exception, will be brought before Us

33A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof

34And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein

35That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks

36Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not

37A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness

38And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise

39And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf

40It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit

41And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship

42And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride

43And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved

44Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while

45When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless)

46Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it

47And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest

48And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful

49They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing

50Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk

51And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord

52Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth

53It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us

54This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do

55Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed

56They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining

57Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask

58The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace

59But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day

60Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe

61But that ye worship Me? That was the right path

62Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense

63This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him)

64Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved

65This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn

66And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen

67And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back

68He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense

69And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain

70To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers

71Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners

72And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food

73Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks

74And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped

75It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms

76So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim

77Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent

78And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away

79Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation

80Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it

81Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator

82But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is

83Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back

83 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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