Yā, Seen.

Ya-seen

By the wise Qur’ān,

Walqur-ani alhakeem

Indeed you, [O Muḥammad], are from among the messengers,

Innaka lamina almursaleen

On a straight path.

AAala siratin mustaqeem

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

Tanzeela alAAazeezi arraheem

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

Litunthira qawman ma onthiraabaohum fahum ghafiloon

Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

Laqad haqqa alqawlu AAalaaktharihim fahum la yu/minoon

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihimaghlalan fahiya ila al-athqani fahummuqmahoon

And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

WajaAAalna min bayni aydeehim saddanwamin khalfihim saddan faaghshaynahum fahum la yubsiroon

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

Wasawaon AAalayhim aanthartahumam lam tunthirhum la yu/minoon

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.

Innama tunthiru mani ittabaAAaaththikra wakhashiya arrahmanabilghaybi fabashshirhu bimaghfiratin waajrin kareem

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.

Inna nahnu nuhyeealmawta wanaktubu ma qaddamoo waatharahumwakulla shay-in ahsaynahu fee imamin mubeen

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

Wadrib lahum mathalan as-habaalqaryati ith jaaha almursaloon

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."

Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnaynifakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithinfaqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloon

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

Qaloo ma antum illabasharun mithluna wama anzala arrahmanumin shay-in in antum illa takthiboon

They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

Qaloo rabbuna yaAAlamu innailaykum lamursaloon

And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

Wama AAalayna illaalbalaghu almubeen

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."

Qaloo inna tatayyarnabikum la-in lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnaAAathabun aleem

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

Qaloo ta-irukum maAAakum a-in thukkirtumbal antum qawmun musrifoon

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

Wajaa min aqsa almadeenatirajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAooalmursaleen

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

IttabiAAoo man la yas-alukum ajranwahum muhtadoon

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

Wama liya la aAAbudu allatheefataranee wa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

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?

Aattakhithu min doonihi alihatanin yuridni arrahmanu bidurrin la tughniAAannee shafaAAatuhum shay-an wala yunqithoon

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

Innee ithan lafee dalalinmubeen

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

Innee amantu birabbikum fasmaAAoon

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

Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala yalayta qawmee yaAAlamoon

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

Bima ghafara lee rabbee wajaAAalaneemina almukrameen

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

Wama anzalna AAalaqawmihi min baAAdihi min jundin mina assama-i wamakunna munzileen

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

In kanat illa sayhatanwahidatan fa-itha hum khamidoon

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

Ya hasratan AAalaalAAibadi ma ya/teehim min rasoolin illa kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

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

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum minaalqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoon

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

Wa-in kullun lamma jameeAAun ladaynamuhdaroon

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.

Waayatun lahumu al-ardualmaytatu ahyaynaha waakhrajna minhahabban faminhu ya/kuloon

And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

WajaAAalna feeha jannatinmin nakheelin waaAAnabin wafajjarna feehamina alAAuyoon

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

Liya/kuloo min thamarihi wamaAAamilat-hu aydeehim afala yashkuroon

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

Subhana allathee khalaqaal-azwaja kullaha mimma tunbitu al-arduwamin anfusihim wamimma la yaAAlamoon

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

Waayatun lahumu allaylu naslakhuminhu annahara fa-itha hum muthlimoon

And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

Washshamsu tajree limustaqarrin lahathalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleem

And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

Walqamara qaddarnahu manazilahatta AAada kalAAurjooni alqadeem

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.

La ashshamsu yanbaghee lahaan tudrika alqamara wala allaylu sabiqu annahariwakullun fee falakin yasbahoon

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

Waayatun lahum anna hamalnathurriyyatahum fee alfulki almashhoon

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

Wakhalaqna lahum min mithlihi mayarkaboon

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

Wa-in nasha/ nughriqhum fala sareekhalahum wala hum yunqathoon

Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

Illa rahmatan minnawamataAAan ila heen

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

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittaqoo mabayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoon

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.

Wama ta/teehim min ayatin min ayatirabbihim illa kanoo AAanha muAArideen

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."

Wa-itha qeela lahum anfiqoo mimmarazaqakumu Allahu qala allatheena kafaroolillatheena amanoo anutAAimu man law yashaoAllahu atAAamahu in antum illa fee dalalinmubeen

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

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

Ma yanthuroona illasayhatan wahidatan ta/khuthuhum wahumyakhissimoon

And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.

Fala yastateeAAoona tawsiyatanwala ila ahlihim yarjiAAoon

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

Wanufikha fee assoori fa-ithahum mina al-ajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloon

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."

Qaloo ya waylana manbaAAathana min marqadina hatha mawaAAada arrahmanu wasadaqaalmursaloon

It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us.

In kanat illa sayhatanwahidatan fa-itha hum jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroon

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.

Falyawma la tuthlamunafsun shay-an wala tujzawna illa ma kuntumtaAAmaloon

Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -

Inna as-haba aljannati alyawmafee shughulin fakihoon

They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.

Hum waazwajuhum fee thilalinAAala al-ara-iki muttaki-oon

For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]

Lahum feeha fakihatun walahumma yaddaAAoon

[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.

Salamun qawlan min rabbin raheem

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

Wamtazoo alyawma ayyuhaalmujrimoon

Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -

Alam aAAhad ilaykum ya banee adamaan la taAAbudoo ashshaytana innahu lakumAAaduwwun mubeen

And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.

Waani oAAbudoonee hatha siratunmustaqeem

And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?

Walaqad adalla minkum jibillankatheeran afalam takoonoo taAAqiloon

This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

Hathihi jahannamu allatee kuntumtooAAadoon

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

Islawha alyawma bimakuntum takfuroon

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.

Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihimwatukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanooyaksiboon

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

Walaw nashao latamasnaAAala aAAyunihim fastabaqoo assiratafaanna yubsiroon

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.

Walaw nashao lamasakhnahumAAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyanwala yarjiAAoon

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

Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkis-hu fee alkhalqiafala yaAAqiloon

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

Wama AAallamnahu ashshiAArawama yanbaghee lahu in huwa illa thikrunwaqur-anun mubeen

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

Liyunthira man kana hayyanwayahiqqa alqawlu AAala alkafireen

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

Awa lam yaraw anna khalaqnalahum mimma AAamilat aydeena anAAaman fahumlaha malikoon

And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

Wathallalnaha lahumfaminha rakoobuhum waminha ya/kuloon

And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will they not be grateful?

Walahum feeha manafiAAu wamasharibuafala yashkuroon

But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.

Wattakhathoo min dooni Allahialihatan laAAallahum yunsaroon

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

La yastateeAAoona nasrahumwahum lahum jundun muhdaroon

So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.

Fala yahzunka qawluhum innanaAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoon

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

Awa lam yara al-insanu annakhalaqnahu min nutfatin fa-itha huwa khaseemunmubeen

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

Wadaraba lana mathalanwanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithamawahiya rameem

Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."

Qul yuhyeeha allatheeanshaaha awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin AAaleem

[It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.

Allathee jaAAala lakum mina ashshajarial-akhdari naran fa-itha antum minhutooqidoon

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.

Awa laysa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda biqadirin AAala an yakhluqamithlahum bala wahuwa alkhallaqu alAAaleem

His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.

Innama amruhu itha aradashay-an an yaqoola lahu kun fayakoon

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

Fasubhana allathee biyadihimalakootu kulli shay-in wa-ilayhi turjaAAoon