— 83 verses
Ya Si
By the Quran, full of wisdom
you are indeed one of the messenger
on a straight path
with a revelation sent down by the Mighty One, the Merciful
so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned and so they are unaware
The word has been proved true against the greater part of them: they will not believe
We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that they cannot bow their head
and We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up so that they cannot see
It makes no difference to them whether you warn them or do not warn them: they will not believe
You can warn only those who would follow the Reminder and fear the Gracious God, unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness and a noble reward
We shall surely bring the dead back to life and We record what they send ahead and what they leave behind. We have recorded everything in a clear book
Recount to them the example of the people to whose town Our messengers came
When We sent them two messengers, they rejected them both, so We strengthened them with a third. They said, Truly, we have been sent to you [by God] as messengers
They replied, You are nothing but mortal men like us and the Merciful God has not revealed anything. You are surely lying
They said, Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you
And our duty is only to convey the message to you clearly
but they answered, We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop, we shall certainly stone you, and you will suffer a painful punishment at our hands
They said, Your evil augury be with you! Is it because you are admonished about the truth? Surely, you are a people transgressing all bounds
Then, from the furthest part of the city, a man came running. He said, My people, follow the messengers
Follow those who ask no recompense of you and are rightly guided
Why should I not worship Him who has brought me into being, and to whom you shall all be recalled
Shall I take others besides Him as gods? If the Gracious God should intend me any harm, their intercession will be of no avail, nor can they deliver me
In that case I should indeed be in manifest error
Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me
We said to him, Enter paradise, and he exclaimed: Would that my people knew
how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honoured ones
After him We did not send down against his people a host from heaven, nor do We send down such hosts
it was but one great blast and they fell down lifeless
Alas for human beings! They ridicule every messenger that comes to them
Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them? Never shall they return to them
All of them, gathered together, will certainly be brought before Us
There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth. We revive it and We produce grain from it of which they eat
We have placed in it gardens of date palms and vines, and caused springs to gush [forth] from it
so that they may eat its fruit, though it was not their hands that made this. Will they not then be grateful
Holy is He who created all things in pairs; of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and other things which they do not know
They have a sign in the night: We withdraw from it the [light of] dayand they are left in darkness
The sun, too, follows its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing
We have ordained phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk
The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outpace the day: each floats in [its own] orbit
Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring in the laden Ark
We have created for them the like of it in which they ride
If it were Our will, We could drown them: then there would be no helper [to hear their cry], nor could they be saved
It is only by Our mercy that they are granted provision for a time
When they are told, guard yourselves against what is before you and what is behind you, in order that you may be shown mercy, [they turn away]
Indeed, not one of your Lords signs comes to them without their turning away from it
and when they are told, Give to others out of what God has provided for you, those who are bent on denying the truth say to the believers, Why should we feed those whom God could feed if He wanted? You are clearly in error
They say, When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful
They must be waiting for but one single blast, which will overtake them while they are still disputing
They will have no time to make a will, nor shall they return to their own people
The trumpet will be blown and, at once, they will rise up from their graves, and hasten to their Lord
Woe betide us! they will say, Who has roused us from our sleep? This is what the Lord of Mercy promised: the messengers spoke the truth
It will be but one blast, and they will all be brought before Us together
On that Day no soul shall suffer the least injustice. You shall be rewarded only according to your deeds
The people of Paradise shall be happily occupied on that Day
they and their wivesshall recline on couches in the shade
They shall have fruits therein, and all that they ask for
Peace! shall be the greeting from the Merciful Lord
[And God will say], Separate yourselves from the righteous this Day, you criminals
Did I not enjoin you, sons of Adam, not to worship Satan for he is your sworn enemy
but to worship Me? Surely, that is a straight path
Yet he led astray a great multitude of you. Why did you not then understand
This is the Hell you were promised
Enter it this Day on account of your denial of the truth
Today We shall seal up their mouths and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to their misdeeds
If it had been Our will, We could have put out their eyes. They would have struggled to find the way, but how could they have seen it
If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they would not be able to go forward or turn back
If We extend anyones life, We reverse his development. Can they not use their reason
We have not taught him any poetry nor would it be fitting for him. This is merely a Reminder and a clear Quran
to warn all who are truly alive, and to justify the word [God's verdict] against the deniers
Do they not see that, among the things which Our hands have fashioned, We have created for them cattle of which they are the masters
We have subjected these to them, so that some may be used for riding and some for food
some for milk to drink and some from which other benefits may be received? Will they not be grateful
They have set up other gods besides God, hoping to be helped by them
but they are not able to help them: rather they will be brought before God as their allied host
Let not their words grieve you. We have knowledge of all that they conceal and all that they reveal
Does not man see that We created him from a drop. Yet there he is, flagrantly contentious
producing arguments against Us, and forgetting his own creation. He asks, Who can give life back to bones after they have rotted away
Say, He who brought them into being in the first instance will give them life again: He has knowledge of every type of creation
He who produces fire for you from green trees and from this you kindle fire
Is He who created the heavens and earth not able to create others like these people? Of course He is! He is indeed the Supreme Creator, the All Knowing
when He decrees a thing, He need only say, Be! and it is
So glory be to Him who has control over all things. It is to Him that you will all be brought back