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Ya-Sin · Ya Sin

83 ayahs Makki Pages 440–445 Juz 22
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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يسٓ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYa Sin.

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وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the wise Qur'an,

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إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thou art of those sent

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عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn a straight path,

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تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,

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لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.

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لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlready hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.

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إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَـٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.

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وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.

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وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.

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إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.

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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَـٰرَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! 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.

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وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCoin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;

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إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen 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.

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قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!

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قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,

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وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(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.

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قَالُوا۟ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

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

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وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

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

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ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFollow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.

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وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back?

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ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallShall 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?

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إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen truly I should be in error manifest.

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إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!

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قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew,

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بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWith what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones!

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۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send.

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إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَـٰمِدُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.

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يَـٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!

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أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;

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وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut all, without exception, will be brought before Us.

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وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَـٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;

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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّـٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَـٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,

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لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks?

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سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGlory 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!

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وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness.

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وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.

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وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.

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لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).