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1.  *     Ya Sin.
 
2.  *     By the wise Qur'an,
 
3.  *     Lo! thou art of those sent
 
4.  *     On a straight path,
 
5.  *     A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,
 
6.  *     That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
 
7.  *     Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.
 
8.  *     Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.
 
9.  *     And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.
 
10.  *     Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.
 
11.  *     Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.
 
12.  *     Lo! 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.
 
13.  *     Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;
 
14.  *     When 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.
 
15.  *     They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!
 
16.  *     They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,
 
17.  *     And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).
 
18.  *     (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.
 
19.  *     They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk!
 
20.  *     And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!
 
21.  *     Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.
 
22.  *     For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back?
 
23.  *     Shall 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?
 
24.  *     Then truly I should be in error manifest.
 
25.  *     Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!
 
26.  *     It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew
 
27.  *     With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones!
 
28.  *     We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send.
 
29.  *     It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.
 
30.  *     Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!
 
31.  *     Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;
 
32.  *     But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.
 
33.  *     A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;
 
34.  *     And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,
 
35.  *     That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks?
 
36.  *     Glory 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!
 
37.  *     A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness.
 
38.  *     And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
 
39.  *     And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.
 
40.  *     It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
 
41.  *     And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,
 
42.  *     And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.
 
43.  *     And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;
 
44.  *     Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
 
45.  *     When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
 
46.  *     Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it!
 
47.  *     And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.
 
48.  *     And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful?
 
49.  *     They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.
 
50.  *     Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.
 
51.  *     And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
 
52.  *     Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
 
53.  *     It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
 
54.  *     This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.
 
55.  *     Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
 
56.  *     They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;
 
57.  *     Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;
 
58.  *     The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!
 
59.  *     But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!
 
60.  *     Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -
 
61.  *     But that ye worship Me? That was the right path.
 
62.  *     Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
 
63.  *     This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
 
64.  *     Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
 
65.  *     This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
 
66.  *     And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?
 
67.  *     And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
 
68.  *     He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?
 
69.  *     And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,
 
70.  *     To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers.
 
71.  *     Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners,
 
72.  *     And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food?
 
73.  *     Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks?
 
74.  *     And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped.
 
75.  *     It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms.
 
76.  *     So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.
 
77.  *     Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
 
78.  *     And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?
 
79.  *     Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation,
 
80.  *     Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it.
 
81.  *     Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,
 
82.  *     But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is.
 
83.  *     Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back.