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1 Ya Seen.

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ya Sin.

2 I swear by the Quran full of wisdom

2 By the wise Qur'an,

3 Most surely you are one of the apostles

3 Lo! thou art of those sent

4 On a right way.

4 On a straight path,

5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful.

5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,

6 That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.

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

7 Certainly the word has proved true of most of them, so they do not believe.

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

8 Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these reach up to their chins, so they have their heads raised aloft.

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

9 And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do not see.

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

10 And it is alike to them whether you warn them or warn them not: they do not believe.

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

11 You can only warn him who follows the reminder and fears the Beneficent Allah in secret; so announce to him forgiveness and an honorable reward.

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

12 Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what they have sent before and their footprints, and We have recorded everything in a clear writing.

12 Lo! 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.

13 And set out to them an example of the people of the town, when the apostles came to it.

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

14 When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them, then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are apostles to you.

14 When 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.

15 They said: You are naught but mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent Allah revealed anything; you only lie.

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

16 They said: Our Lord knows that we are most surely apostles to you.

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

17 And nothing devolves on us but a clear deliverance (of the message).

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

18 They said: Surely we augur evil from you; if you do not desist, we will certainly stone you, and there shall certainly afflict you a painful chastisement from us.

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.

19 They said: Your evil fortune is with you; what! if you are reminded! Nay, you are an extravagant people.

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

20 And from the remote part of the city there came a man running, he said: O my people! follow the apostles;

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

21 Follow him who does not ask you for reward, and they are the followers of the right course;

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

22 And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who brought me into existence? And to Him you shall be brought back;

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

23 What! shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, If the Beneficent Allah should desire to afflict me with a harm, shall not avail me aught, nor shall they be able to deliver me?

23 Shall 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 ?

24 In that case I shall most surely be in clear error:

24 Then truly I should be in error manifest.

25 Surely I believe in your Lord, therefore hear me.

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

26 It was said: Enter the garden. He said: O would that my people had known

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

27 Of that on account of which my Lord has forgiven me and made me of the honored ones!

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

28 And We did not send down upon his people after him any hosts from heaven, nor do We ever send down.

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

29 It was naught but a single cry, and lo! they were still.

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

30 Alas for the servants! there comes not to them an apostle but they mock at him.

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

31 Do they not consider how many of the generations have We destroyed before them, because they do not turn to them?

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

32 And all of them shall surely be brought before Us.

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

33 And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring forth from it grain SQ they eat of it.

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

34 And We make therein gardens of palms and grapevines and We make springs to flow forth in it,

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

35 That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands did not make it; will they not then be grateful?

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

36 Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they do not know.

36 Glory 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!

37 And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then lo! they are in the dark;

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

38 And the sun runs on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing.

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

39 And (as for) the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm branch.

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

40 Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; and all float on in a sphere.

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

41 And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship.

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

42 And We have created for them the like of it, what they will ride on.

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

43 And if We please, We can drown them, then there shall be no succorer for them, nor shall they be rescued

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

44 But (by) mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time.

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

45 And when it is said to them: Guard against what is before you and what is behind you, that mercy may be had on you.

45 When 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).

46 And there comes not to them a communication of the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it.

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

47 And when it is said to them: Spend out of what Allah has given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error.

47 And 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.

48 And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?

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

49 They wait not for aught but a single cry which will overtake them while they yet contend with one another.

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

50 So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families.

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

51 And the trumpet shall be blown, when lo! from their graves they shall hasten on to their Lord.

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

52 They shall say: O woe to us! who has raised us up from our sleeping - place? This is what the Beneficent Allah promised and the apostles told the truth.

52 Crying: 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.

53 There would be naught but a single cry, when lo! they shall all be brought before Us;

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

54 So this day no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and you shall not be rewarded aught but that which you did.

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

55 Surely the dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in an occupation quite happy.

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

56 They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches.

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

57 They shall have fruits therein, and they shall have whatever they desire.

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

58 Peace: a word from a Merciful Lord.

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

59 And get aside today, O guilty ones!

59 But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!

60 Did I not charge you, O children of Adam! that you should not serve the Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy,

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

61 And that you should serve Me; this is the right way.

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

62 And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. What! could you not then understand?

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

63 This is the hell with which you were threatened.

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

64 Enter into it this day because you disbelieved.

64 Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.

65 On that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned.

65 This 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.

66 And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes, then they would run about groping for the way, but how should they see?

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

67 And if We please We would surely transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they return.

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

68 And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce (him) to an abject state in constitution; do they not then understand?

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

69 And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him; it is nothing but a reminder and a plain Quran,

69 And 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,

70 That it may warn him who would have life, and (that) the word may prove true against the unbelievers.

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

71 Do they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters?

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

72 And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they have to ride upon, and some of them they eat.

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

73 And therein they have advantages and drinks; will they not then be grateful?

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

74 And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped.

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

75 (But) they shall not be able to assist them, and they shall be a host brought up before them.

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

76 Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly.

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

77 Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant.

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

78 And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?

78 And 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 ?

79 Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation

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

80 He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so that with it you kindle (fire).

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

81 Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! and He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.

81 Is 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,

82 His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so it is.

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

83 Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.

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