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Sura Xxxvi. Ya Sin

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Xxxvi.

\"Y-SN" (being Abbreviated Letters).

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1. Y
Sn.

2.
By the Qur-n

Full of Wisdom,--

3.
Thou art indeed

One of the apostles,

4.
On a Straight Way.

5.
It is a Revelation

Sent down by (Him),

The Exalted in Might,

Most Merciful,

6.
In order that thou mayest

Admonish a people,

Whose fathers had received

No admonition, and who

Therefore remain heedless

(Of the Signs of God).

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7.
The Word is proved true

Against the greater part of them:

For they do not believe.

8.
We have put yokes

Round their necks

Right up to their chins,

So that their heads are

Forced up (and they cannot see).

9.
And We have put

A bar in front of them

And a bar behind them,

And further, We have

Covered them up; so that

They cannot see.

10.
The same is it to them

Whether thou admonish them

Or thou do not admonish

Them: they will not believe.

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11.
Thou canst but admonish

Such a one as follows

The Message and fears

The (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen:

Give such a one, therefore,

Good tidings, of Forgiveness

And a reward most generous.

12.
Verily We shall give life

To the dead, and We record

That which they send before

And that which they leave

Behind, and of all things

Have We taken account

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In a clear Book

(Of evidence).

Section 2.

13.
Set forth to them,

By way of a parable,

The (story of) the Companions

Of the City. Behold,

There came apostles to it.

14.
When We (first) sent

To them two apostles,

They rejected them:


But We strengthened them

With a third: they said,

"Truly, we have been sent

On a mission to you.
"

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15.
The (people) said: "Ye are

Only men like ourselves

And (God) Most Gracious

Sends no sort of revelation:


Ye do nothing but lie."

16.
They said: "Our Lord doth

Know that we have been sent

On a mission to you:

17.
\"And our duty is only

To proclaim the clear Message.

18.
The (people) said: "For us,

We augur an evil omen

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From you: if ye desist not,

We will certainly stone you.

And a grievous punishment

Indeed will be inflicted

On you by us."

19.
They said: "Your evil omens

Are with yourselves:

(Deem ye this an evil omen).

If ye are admonished?

Nay, but ye are a people

Transgressing all bounds!

20.
Then there came running,

From the farthest part

Of the City, a man,

Saying, "O my People!

Obey the apostles:

21.
\"Obey those who ask

No reward of you

(For themselves), and who have

Themselves received Guidance

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22,
\"It would not be reasonable

In me if I did not

Serve Him Who created me,

And to Whom ye shall

(All) be brought back.

23.
\"Shall I take (other) gods

Besides Him? If (God)

Most Gracious should

Intend some adversity for me,

Of no use whatever

Will be their intercession

For me, nor can they

Deliver me.

24.
\"I would indeed,

If I were to do so,

Be in manifest Error.

25.
\"For me, I have faith

In the Lord of you (all):

Listen, then, to me!"

26. It was said: "Enter thou

The Garden.
" He said:


"Ah me! Would that

My People knew (what I know)!--

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27.
\"For that my Lord

Has granted me Forgiveness

And has enrolled me

Among those held in honour!"

28.
And We sent not down

Against his People, after him,

Any hosts from heaven,

Nor was it needful

For Us so to do.

29.
It was no more than

A single mighty Blast,

And behold! they were (like ashes)

Quenched and silent.

30.
Ah! alas for (My) servants!

There comes not an apostle

To them but they mock him!

31.
See they not how many

Generations before them

We destroyed? Not to them

Will they return:

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32.
But each one of them

All--will be brought

Before Us (for judgment).

Section 3.

33. A Sign for them

Is the earth that is dead:


We do give it life,

And produce grain therefrom,

Of which ye do eat.

34.
And We produce therein

Orchards with date-palms

And vines, and We cause

Springs to gush forth therein:

35.
That they may enjoy

The fruits of this (artistry):

It was not their hands

That made this:

Will they not then give thanks?

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36.
Glory to God, Who created

In pairs all things that

The earth produces, as well as

Their own (human) kind

And (other) things of which

They have no knowledge.

37.
And a Sign for them

Is the Night: We withdraw

Therefrom the Day, and behold

They are plunged in darkness;

38.
And the Sun

Runs his course

For a period determined

For him: that is

The decree of (Him),

The Exalted in Might,

The All-Knowing.

39.
And the Moon,

We have measured for her

Mansions (to traverse)

Till she returns

Like the old (and withered)

Lower part of a date-stalk.

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40.
It is not permitted

To the Sun to catch up

The Moon, nor can

The Night outstrip the Day:


Each (just) swims along (its own) orbit

(According to Law).

41.
And a Sign for them

Is that We bore

Their race (through the Flood)

In the loaded Ark;

42.
And We have created

For them similar (vessels)

On which they ride.

43. If it were Our Will,

We could drown them:


Then would there be

No helper (to hear

Their cry
), nor could

They be delivered,

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44.
Except by way of Mercy

From Us, and by way

Of (worldly) convenience

(To serve them) for a time.

45.
When they are told,

"Fear ye that which is

Before you and that which

Will be after you, in order

That ye may receive Mercy,"

(They turn back).

46.
Not a Sign comes to them

From among the Signs

Of their Lord, but they

Turn away therefrom.

47.
And when they are told,

"Spend ye of (the bounties)

With which God

Has provided you,
" the Unbelievers

Say to those who believe:

"Shall we then feed those

Whom, if God had so willed,

He would have fed, (Himself)?--

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Ye are in nothing

But manifest error."

48.
Further, they say, "When

Will this promise (come to pass),

If what ye say is true?"

49.
They will not (have

To
) wait for aught

But a single Blast:


It will seize them while

They are yet disputing

Among themselves!

50.
No (chance) will they then

Have, by will, to dispose

(Of their affairs), nor

To return to their own people!

Section 4.

51.
The trumpet shall be

Sounded, when behold!

From the sepulchres (men)

Will rush forth

To their Lord!

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52.
They will say: "Ah!

Woe unto us! Who

Hath raised us up

From our beds of repose?"

(A voice will say:)

"This is what (God)

Most Gracious had promised.

And true was the word

Of the apostles!"

53.
It will be no more

Than a single Blast,

When to! they will all

Be brought up before Us!

54.
Then, on that Day,

Not a soul will be

Wronged in the least,

And ye shall but

Be repaid the meeds

Of your past Deeds.

55.
Verily the Companions

Of the Garden shall

That Day have joy

In all that they do:

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56.
They and their associates

Will be in groves

Of (cool) shade, reclining

On Thrones (of dignity);

57.
(Every) fruit (enjoyment)

Will be there for them;

They shall have whatever

They call for;

58.
\"Peace!"--a Word

(Of salutation) from a Lord

Most Merciful!

59.
\"And O ye in sin!

Get ye apart this Day!

60.
\"Did I not enjoin

On you, O ye children

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Of Adam, that ye

Should not worship Satan;

For that he was to you

An enemy avowed?--

61.
\"And that ye should

Worship Me, (for that) this

Was the Straight Way?

62.
\"But he did lead astray

A great multitude of you.

Did ye not, then, understand?

63.
\"This is the Hell

Of which ye were

(Repeatedly) warned!

64.
\"Embrace ye the (Fire)

This Day, for that ye

(Persistently) rejected (Truth)."

65.
That Day shall We set

A seal on their mouths.

But their hands will speak

To Us, and their feet

Bear witness, to all

That they did.

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66.
If it had been Our Will,

We could surely have

Blotted out their eyes;

Then should they have

Run about groping for the Path,

But how could they have seen?

67.
And if it had been

Our Will, We could

Have transformed them

(To remain) in their places;

Then should they have been

Unable to move about,

Nor could they have returned

(After error).

Section 5.

68.
If We grant long life

To any, We cause him

To be reversed in nature:


Will they not then understand?

69.
We have not instructed

The (Prophet) in Poetry,

Nor is it meet for him:


This is no less than

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A
Message and a Qur-n

Making things clear:

70.
That it may give admonition

To any (who are) alive,

And that the charge

May be proved against those

Who reject (Truth).

71.
See they not that it is

We Who have created

For them--among the things

Which our hands have fashioned--

Cattle, which are under

Their dominion?--

72.
And that We have

Subjected them to their (use)?

Of them some do carry them

And some they eat:

73.
And they have (other) profits

From them (besides), and they

Get (milk) to drink.

Will they not then

Be grateful?

74.
Yet they take (for worship)

Gods other than God,

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(Hoping) that they might

Be helped!

75.
They have not the power

To help them: but they

Will be brought up

(Before Our Judgment-seat)

As a troop (to be condemned).

76.
Let not their speech, then,

Grieve thee. Verily We know

What they hide as well as

What they disclose.

77.
Doth not man see

That it is We Who

Created him from sperm?

Yet behold! he (stands forth)

As an open adversary!

78.
And he makes comparisons

For Us, and forgets his own

(Origin and) Creation:


He says, "Who can give

Life to (dry) bones

And decomposed ones (at that)?
"

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79.
Say, "He will give them

Life Who created them

For the first time!

For He is well-versed

In every kind of creation!

80.
\"The same Who produces

For you fire out of

The green tree, when behold!

Ye kindle therewith

(Your own fires)!

81.
\"Is not He Who created

The heavens and the earth

Able to create the like

Ther?"--Yea, indeed!

For he is the Creator Supreme,

Of skill and knowledge (infinite)!

82.
Verily, when He intends

A thing, His Command is,

"Be", and it is!

83.
So glory to Him

In Whose hands is

The dominion of all things:


And to Him will

Be all brought back.

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