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Ya Sin
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By the Wise Koran,
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thou art truly among the Envoys
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on a straight path;
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the sending down of the All-mighty, the All-wise,
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that thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were never warned, so they are heedless.
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The Word has been realised against most of them, yet they do not believe.
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Surely We have put on their necks fetters up to the chin, so their heads are raised;
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and We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier; and We have covered them, so they do not see.
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Alike it is to them whether thou hast warned them or thou hast not warned them, they do not believe.
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Thou only warnest him who follows the Remembrance and who fears the All-merciful in the Unseen; so give him the good tidings of forgiveness and a generous wage.
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Surely it is We who bring the dead to life and write down what they have forwarded and what they have left behind; everything We have numbered in a clear register.
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Strike for them a similitude -- the inhabitants of the city, when the Envoys came to it;
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when We sent unto them two men, but they cried them lies, so We sent a third as reinforcement. They said, 'We are assuredly Envoys unto you.
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They said, 'You are naught but mortals like us; the All-merciful has not sent down anything. You are speaking only lies.'
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They said, 'Our Lord knows we are Envoys unto you;
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and it is only for us to deliver the Manifest Message.'
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They said, 'We augur ill of you. If you give not over, we will stone you and there shall visit you from us a painful chastisement.'
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They said, 'Your augury is with you; if you are reminded? But you are a prodigal people.'
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Then came a man from the furthest part of the city, running; he said, 'My people, follow the Envoys!
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Follow such as ask no wage of you, that are right-guided.
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And why should I not serve Him who originated me, and unto whom you shall be returned?
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What, shall I take, apart from Him, gods whose intercession, if the All-merciful desires affliction for me, shall not avail me anything, and who will never deliver me?
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Surely in that case I should be in manifest error.
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Behold, I believe in your Lord; therefore hear me!'
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It was said, 'Enter Paradise!' He said, 'Ah, would that my people had knowledge
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that my Lord has forgiven me and that He has placed me among the honoured.'
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And We sent not down upon his people, after him, any host out of heaven; neither would We send any down.
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It was only one Cry and lo, they were silent and still.
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Ah, woe for those servants! Never comes unto them a Messenger, but they mock at him.
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What, have they not seen how many generations We have destroyed before them, and that it is not unto them that they return?
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They shall every one of them be arraigned before Us.
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And a sign for them is the dead land, that We quickened and brought forth from it grain, whereof they eat;
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and We made therein gardens of palms and vines, and therein We caused fountains to gush forth,
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that they might eat of its fruits and their hands' labour. What, will they not be thankful?
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Glory be to Him, who created all the pairs of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they know not.
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And a sign for them is the night; We strip it of the day and lo, they are in darkness.
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And the sun -- it runs to a fixed resting-place; that is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing.
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And the moon -- We have determined it by stations, till it returns like an aged palm-bough.
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It behoves not the sun to overtake the moon, neither does the night outstrip the day, each swimming in a sky.
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And a sign for them is that We carried their seed in the laden ship,
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and We have created for them the like of it whereon they ride;
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and if We will, We drown them, then none have they to cry to, neither are they delivered,
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save as a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a while.
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And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply you will find mercy' --
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yet never any sign of the signs of their Lord comes to them, but they are turning away from it.
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And when it is said to them, 'Expend of that God has provided you,' the unbelievers say to the believers, 'What, shall we feed such a one whom, if God willed, He would feed? You are only in manifest error!'
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They also say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak truly?'
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They are awaiting only for one Cry to seize them while they are yet disputing,
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then they will not be able to make any testament, nor will they return to their people.
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And the Trumpet shall be blown; then behold, they are sliding down from their tombs unto their Lord.
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They say, 'Alas for us! Who roused us out of our sleeping place? This is what the All-merciful promised, and the Envoys spoke truly.'
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'It was only one Cry; then behold, they are all arraigned before Us.
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So today no soul shall be wronged anything, and you shall not be recompensed, except according to what you have been doing.
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See, the inhabitants of Paradise today are busy in their rejoicing,
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they and their spouses, reclining upon couches in the shade;
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therein they have fruits, and they have all that they call for.
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'Peace!' -- such is the greeting, from a Lord All-compassionate.
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'Now keep yourselves apart, you sinners, upon this day!
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Made I not covenant with you, Children of Adam, that you should not serve Satan -- surely he is a manifest foe to you --
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and that you should serve Me? This is a straight path.
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He led astray many a throng of you; did you not understand?
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This is Gehenna, then, the same that you were promised;
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roast well in it today, for that you were unbelievers!'
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Today We set a seal on their mouths, and their hands speak to Us, and their feet bear witness as to what they have been earning.
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Did We will, We would have obliterated their eyes, then they would race to the path, but how would they see?
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Did We will, We would have changed them where they were, then they could not go on, nor could they return.
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And to whomsoever We give long life, We bend him over in His constitution; what, do they not understand?
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We have not taught him poetry; it is not seemly for him. It is only a Remembrance and a Clear Koran,
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that he may warn whosoever is living, and that the Word may be realized against the unbelievers.
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Have they not seen how that We have created for them of that Our hands wrought cattle that they own?
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We have subdued them to them, and some of them they ride, and some they eat;
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other uses also they have in them, and beverages. What, will they not be thankful?
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Yet they have taken, apart from God, gods; haply they might be helped.
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They cannot help them, though they be hosts made ready for them.
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So do not let their saying grieve thee; assuredly We know what they keep secret and what they publish.
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Has not man regarded how that We created him of a sperm-drop? Then lo, he is a manifest adversary.
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And he has struck for Us a similitude and forgotten his creation; he says, 'Who shall quicken the bones when they are decayed?'
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Say: 'He shall quicken them, who originated them the first time; He knows all creation,
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who has made for you out of the green tree fire and lo, from it you kindle.'
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Is not He, who created the heavens and earth, able to create the like of them? Yes indeed; He is the All-creator, the All-knowing.
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His command, when He desires a thing, is to say to it 'Be,' and it is.
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So glory be to Him, in whose hand is the dominion of everything, and unto whom you shall be returned.
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