Ya Sin

1 Ya Seen.

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

1 Yaseen

2 I swear by the Quran full of wisdom

2 By the wise Qur'an,

2 Waalqurani alhakeemi

3 Most surely you are one of the apostles

3 Lo! thou art of those sent

3 Innaka lamina almursaleena

4 On a right way.

4 On a straight path,

4 AAala siratin mustaqeemin

5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful.

5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,

5 Tanzeela alAAazeezi alrraheemi

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.

6 Litunthira qawman ma onthira abaohum fahum ghafiloona

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.

7 Laqad haqqa alqawlu AAala aktharihim fahum la yuminoona

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.

8 Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihim aghlalan fahiya ila alathqani fahum muqmahoona

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.

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

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.

10 Wasawaon AAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum la yuminoona

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.

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

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.

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

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;

13 Waidrib lahum mathalan ashaba alqaryati ith jaaha almursaloona

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.

14 Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnayni fakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithin faqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloona

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!

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

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,

16 Qaloo rabbuna yaAAlamu inna ilaykum lamursaloona

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

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

17 Wama AAalayna illa albalaghu almubeenu

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.

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

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!

19 Qaloo tairukum maAAakum ain thukkirtum bal antum qawmun musrifoona

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!

20 Wajaa min aqsa almadeenati rajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAoo almursaleena

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.

21 IttabiAAoo man la yasalukum ajran wahum muhtadoona

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 ?

22 Wama liya la aAAbudu allathee fataranee wailayhi turjaAAoona

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 ?

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

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

24 Then truly I should be in error manifest.

24 Innee ithan lafee dalalin mubeenin

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

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

25 Innee amantu birabbikum faismaAAooni

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

26 Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala ya layta qawmee yaAAlamoona

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!

27 Bima ghafara lee rabbee wajaAAalanee mina almukrameena

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.

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

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

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

29 In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum khamidoona

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!

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

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;

31 Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoona

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

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

32 Wain kullun lamma jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

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;

33 Waayatun lahumu alardu almaytatu ahyaynaha waakhrajna minha habban faminhu yakuloona

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,

34 WajaAAalna feeha jannatin min nakheelin waaAAnabin wafajjarna feeha mina alAAuyooni

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 ?

35 Liyakuloo min thamarihi wama AAamilathu aydeehim afala yashkuroona

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!

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

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.

37 Waayatun lahumu allaylu naslakhu minhu alnnahara faitha hum muthlimoona

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.

38 Waalshshamsu tajree limustaqarrin laha thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi

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.

39 Waalqamara qaddarnahu manazila hatta AAada kaalAAurjooni alqadeemi

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.

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

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,

41 Waayatun lahum anna hamalna thurriyyatahum fee alfulki almashhooni

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.

42 Wakhalaqna lahum min mithlihi ma yarkaboona

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;

43 Wain nasha nughriqhum fala sareekha lahum wala hum yunqathoona

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

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

44 Illa rahmatan minna wamataAAan ila heenin

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).

45 Waitha qeela lahumu ittaqoo ma bayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoona

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!

46 Wama tateehim min ayatin min ayati rabbihim illa kanoo AAanha muAArideena

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.

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

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 ?

48 Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

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.

49 Ma yanthuroona illa sayhatan wahidatan takhuthuhum wahum yakhissimoona

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.

50 Fala yastateeAAoona tawsiyatan wala ila ahlihim yarjiAAoona

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,

51 Wanufikha fee alssoori faitha hum mina alajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloona

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.

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

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!

53 In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

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.

54 Faalyawma la tuthlamu nafsun shayan wala tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona

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,

55 Inna ashaba aljannati alyawma fee shughulin fakihoona

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

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

56 Hum waazwajuhum fee thilalin AAala alaraiki muttakioona

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;

57 Lahum feeha fakihatun walahum ma yaddaAAoona

58 Peace: a word from a Merciful Lord.

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

58 Salamun qawlan min rabbin raheemin

59 And get aside today, O guilty ones!

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

59 Waimtazoo alyawma ayyuha almujrimoona

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! -

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

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

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

61 Waani oAAbudoonee hatha siratun mustaqeemun

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 ?

62 Walaqad adalla minkum jibillan katheeran afalam takoonoo taAAqiloona

63 This is the hell with which you were threatened.

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

63 Hathihi jahannamu allatee kuntum tooAAadoona

64 Enter into it this day because you disbelieved.

64 Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.

64 Islawha alyawma bima kuntum takfuroona

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.

65 Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihim watukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanoo yaksiboona

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 ?

66 Walaw nashao latamasna AAala aAAyunihim faistabaqoo alssirata faanna yubsiroona

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.

67 Walaw nashao lamasakhnahum AAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyan wala yarjiAAoona

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 ?

68 Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkishu fee alkhalqi afala yaAAqiloona

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,

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

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.

70 Liyunthira man kana hayyan wayahiqqa alqawlu AAala alkafireena

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,

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

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 ?

72 Wathallalnaha lahum faminha rakoobuhum waminha yakuloona

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 ?

73 Walahum feeha manafiAAu wamasharibu afala yashkuroona

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.

74 Waittakhathoo min dooni Allahi alihatan laAAallahum yunsaroona

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.

75 La yastateeAAoona nasrahum wahum lahum jundun muhdaroona

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.

76 Fala yahzunka qawluhum inna naAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona

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.

77 Awalam yara alinsanu anna khalaqnahu min nutfatin faitha huwa khaseemun mubeenun

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 ?

78 Wadaraba lana mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithama wahiya rameemun

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,

79 Qul yuhyeeha allathee anshaaha awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin AAaleemun

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.

80 Allathee jaAAala lakum mina alshshajari alakhdari naran faitha antum minhu tooqidoona

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,

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

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.

82 Innama amruhu itha arada shayan an yaqoola lahu kun fayakoonu

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.

83 Fasubhana allathee biyadihi malakootu kulli shayin wailayhi turjaAAoona