Ya, Seen.  

يس  

By the wise Qur'an.  

وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ  

Indeed you, ˹O Muhammad˺, are from among the messengers,  

إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

On a straight path.  

عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ  

˹This is˺ a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,  

تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ  

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

لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنْذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ  

Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.  

لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ  

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

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ  

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

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ  

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

وَسَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ  

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.  

إِنَّمَا تُنْذِرُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الذِّكْرَ وَخَشِيَ الرَّحْمَٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ  

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.  

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ  

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

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ  

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."  

إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ  

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

قَالُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَمَا أَنْزَلَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ  

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

قَالُوا رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ  

And we are not responsible except for clear notification."  

وَمَا عَلَيْنَا إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ  

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."  

قَالُوا إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ  

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

قَالُوا طَائِرُكُمْ مَعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِنْ ذُكِّرْتُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُسْرِفُونَ  

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

وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

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

اتَّبِعُوا مَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ  

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

وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ  

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?  

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِنْ يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنْقِذُونِ  

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.  

إِنِّي إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ  

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

إِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ  

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

قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ  

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

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ  

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

وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ جُنْدٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنْزِلِينَ  

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

إِنْ كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ  

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

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ  

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

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ  

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

وَإِنْ كُلٌّ لَمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ  

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.  

وَآيَةٌ لَهُمُ الْأَرْضُ الْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَاهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ  

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

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْعُيُونِ  

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

لِيَأْكُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ  

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

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ  

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

وَآيَةٌ لَهُمُ اللَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُمْ مُظْلِمُونَ  

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

وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ  

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

وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ  

It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.  

لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ  

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

وَآيَةٌ لَهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ  

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

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ  

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  

وَإِنْ نَشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْقَذُونَ  

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

إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَمَتَاعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ  

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

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ  

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

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ  

And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allah has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."  

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنُطْعِمُ مَنْ لَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ  

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

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ  

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

مَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ  

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

فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ