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Surah Ya-Sin

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Surah Ya-Sin is a Meccan surah of 83 verses that affirms the Prophet's message, tells the story of a town that rejected its messengers, points to signs in nature, and argues powerfully for the resurrection.

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Meaning
Ya Sin
Surah
36 of 114
Verses
83
Revealed in
Mecca
Found in
Juz 22–23

What Surah Ya-Sin is about

Ya-Sin is the 36th surah of the Quran and one of the most widely recited. It was revealed in Mecca and has 83 verses. Verses 1 to 27 are in juz 22 and verses 28 to 83 are in juz 23. It takes its name from the two Arabic letters, Ya and Sin, that open it. Like the other disconnected letters at the start of some surahs, their meaning is something scholars have discussed without agreement, and many simply say that Allah knows best.

After the opening letters, Allah swears by the wise Quran that Muhammad ﷺ is one of the messengers, on a straight path (2 to 4), sent to warn a people whose forefathers had not been warned (6). Verses 7 to 10 describe those who have closed themselves off so completely that warning makes no difference, while verse 11 says the warning benefits whoever follows the reminder and fears the Most Merciful unseen. Verse 12 adds that Allah records not only what people do but the traces they leave behind.

Verses 13 to 32 tell a parable of a town to which two messengers were sent, then a third. The townspeople call them ordinary humans, see them as a bad omen and threaten to stone them. A man comes running from the far end of the city, urges his people to follow messengers who ask for no payment (20 to 21), and declares his own faith (22 to 25). He is told to enter Paradise, and his first wish is that his people could know how his Lord forgave and honored him (26 to 27). The town is then silenced by a single cry (29).

Verses 33 to 44 turn to signs in creation: dead land brought to life with grain, palms and vines (33 to 35), pairs in everything (36), night stripped from day (37), the sun running to its resting place, the moon passing through phases like an old palm stalk, and each body floating in its own orbit (38 to 40), and ships carrying people across the sea (41 to 44).

The rest of the surah moves to the Last Day. A single blast comes while people are arguing (49), the trumpet is blown, and they rise from their graves asking who woke them (51 to 52). The people of Paradise are busy and joyful, greeted with peace as a word from a merciful Lord (55 to 58). For the guilty, their mouths are sealed and their hands and feet testify (65). The final passage answers a man who holds up decayed bones and asks who could bring them back (78). Allah replies that the One who made them the first time will revive them (79), points to fire drawn from green trees (80), says His command for anything is only to say 'Be' and it is (82), and closes with glory to the One in whose hand is the dominion of everything (83).

Main themes

  1. The Prophet's mission affirmed

    The surah opens with an oath by the wise Quran that the Prophet ﷺ is truly a messenger on a straight path. His task is to warn, and that warning helps those who are open to it, who follow the reminder and fear the Most Merciful even without seeing Him.

    Verses 1–12

  2. The town and the man who came running

    Three messengers are rejected by a town that calls them a bad omen and threatens them. A single man from the far side of the city speaks up for them and is killed, according to most commentators, and is welcomed into Paradise. Even then his concern is for his people, wishing they could know how he was forgiven.

    Verses 13–32

  3. Signs in earth and sky

    Dead land comes alive with food people did not make themselves, and everything is created in pairs. The night, the sun running its course, the moon's phases and the orbits of the heavenly bodies all keep to their measure, and the ships on the sea carry people only by Allah's mercy.

    Verses 33–44

  4. Excuses for not giving

    When told to spend from what Allah has provided, the deniers reply that they should not feed people whom Allah could feed Himself if He wished. The surah records this as an example of how they turned away from every sign.

    Verses 45–50

  5. Resurrection and the two outcomes

    A blast, then the trumpet, and people rise from their graves to be gathered before Allah, where no soul is wronged. The people of Paradise rest with their spouses in shade and are greeted with peace, while the guilty are reminded of the covenant not to follow Satan, and their own limbs bear witness.

    Verses 51–68

  6. The One who made you first

    The final verses respond to a person who asks who could give life to crumbled bones. The answer is that the One who created them the first time, who brings fire out of green wood and created the heavens and earth, only has to say 'Be' for anything to exist, and to Him everyone will return.

    Verses 77–83

Verses to know

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَكۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ فِيٓ إِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿١٢﴾

It is We who revive the dead; and We write down what they have forwarded, and their traces. We have tallied all things in a Clear Record.
Ya-Sin 36:12

Allah says He records both what people send ahead and the traces they leave behind. Many scholars understood the traces to include the lasting effects of a person's actions, good or bad, after they are gone.

وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ﴿٣٨﴾ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ﴿٣٩﴾ لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

38And the sun runs towards its destination. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing. 39And the moon: We have disposed it in phases, until it returns like the old twig. 40The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.
Ya-Sin 36:38–40

These verses describe the sun moving toward its resting place, the moon passing through its phases, and each body floating in its own orbit, with night never outrunning day. They are among the Quran's best-known passages on the order of the heavens.

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَخۡتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَتَشۡهَدُ أَرۡجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

On this Day, We will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to everything they had done.
Ya-Sin 36:65

On the Day of Judgment mouths are sealed and hands and feet speak about what people did, a vivid picture of how nothing can be hidden.

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلٗا وَنَسِيَ خَلۡقَهُۥۖ قَالَ مَن يُحۡيِ ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمࣱ ﴿٧٨﴾ قُلۡ يُحۡيِيهَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلۡقٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٧٩﴾ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلۡأَخۡضَرِ نَارٗا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنۡهُ تُوقِدُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخۡلُقَ مِثۡلَهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﴿٨١﴾ إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيۡـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿٨٢﴾

78And he produces arguments against Us, and he forgets his own creation. He says, “Who will revive the bones when they have decayed?” 79Say, “He who initiated them in the first instance will revive them. He has knowledge of every creation.” 80He who produced fuel for you from the green trees, with which you kindle a fire. 81Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Certainly. He is the Supreme All-Knowing Creator. 82His command, when He wills a thing, is to say to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
Ya-Sin 36:78–82

A doubter holds up decayed bones and asks who could revive them. The reply moves from the first creation to fire from green trees to the heavens and earth, and ends with the verse that Allah only has to say 'Be' and a thing comes to be.

When Surah Ya-Sin is recited

Ya-Sin is one of the most often recited surahs in the Muslim world. Many people read it regularly, often on Thursday nights or Fridays, in the morning, or when someone is ill or has died, and it is commonly recited beside a person who is dying. Several popular virtues are attached to it, but scholars of hadith have questioned the narrations behind them. The well-known saying that everything has a heart and the heart of the Quran is Ya-Sin is reported in Jami' at-Tirmidhi, but at-Tirmidhi himself noted a weakness in its chain and many later scholars graded it weak. The instruction to recite Ya-Sin over those who are dying is reported in Sunan Abi Dawud and Sunan Ibn Majah, and it too has been graded weak by many hadith scholars, although some scholars still considered the practice recommended. Reports that reading Ya-Sin at night brings forgiveness, or that reading it in the morning fulfills one's needs, are likewise considered weak. None of this takes away from the surah itself. Its message about the messengers, the signs of Allah and the resurrection is reason enough to read and reflect on it often.

Surah Ya-Sin in Arabic and English

All 83 verses, with the Arabic, a transliteration to help you read it aloud, and the English translation by Talal Itani.

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    يسٓ

    Yaseen

    Ya, Seen.

  2. 2

    وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ

    Waalqurani alhakeemi

    By the Wise Quran.

  3. 3

    إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

    Innaka lamina almursaleena

    You are one of the messengers.

  4. 4

    عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

    AAala siratin mustaqeemin

    On a straight path.

  5. 5

    تَنزِيلَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    Tanzeela alAAazeezi alrraheemi

    The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful.

  6. 6

    لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ

    Litunthira qawman ma onthira abaohum fahum ghafiloona

    To warn a people whose ancestors were not warned, and so they are unaware.

  7. 7

    لَقَدۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

    Laqad haqqa alqawlu AAala aktharihim fahum la yuminoona

    The Word was realized against most of them, for they do not believe.

  8. 8

    إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا فِيٓ أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡ أَغۡلَٰلٗا فَهِيَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَذۡقَانِ فَهُم مُّقۡمَحُونَ

    Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihim aghlalan fahiya ila alathqani fahum muqmahoona

    We placed shackles around their necks, up to their chins, so they are stiff-necked.

  9. 9

    وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ سَدّٗا وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ سَدّٗا فَأَغۡشَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُبۡصِرُونَ

    WajaAAalna min bayni aydeehim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan faaghshaynahum fahum la yubsiroona

    And We placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them, so they cannot see.

  10. 10

    وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تُنذِرۡهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

    Wasawaon AAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum la yuminoona

    It is the same for them, whether you warn them, or do not warn them—they will not believe.

  11. 11

    إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَخَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِمَغۡفِرَةٖ وَأَجۡرٖ كَرِيمٍ

    Innama tunthiru mani ittabaAAa alththikra wakhashiya alrrahmana bialghaybi fabashshirhu bimaghfiratin waajrin kareemin

    You warn only him who follows the Message, and fears the Most Gracious inwardly. So give him good news of forgiveness, and a generous reward.

  12. 12

    إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَكۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ فِيٓ إِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ

    Inna nahnu nuhyee almawta wanaktubu ma qaddamoo waatharahum wakulla shayin ahsaynahu fee imamin mubeenin

    It is We who revive the dead; and We write down what they have forwarded, and their traces. We have tallied all things in a Clear Record.

  13. 13

    وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ إِذۡ جَآءَهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

    Waidrib lahum mathalan ashaba alqaryati ith jaaha almursaloona

    And cite for them the parable of the landlords of the town—when the messengers came to it.

  14. 14

    إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزۡنَا بِثَالِثٖ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ إِلَيۡكُم مُّرۡسَلُونَ

    Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnayni fakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithin faqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloona

    We sent them two messengers, but they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third. They said, “We are messengers to you.”

  15. 15

    قَالُواْ مَآ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا تَكۡذِبُونَ

    Qaloo ma antum illa basharun mithluna wama anzala alrrahmanu min shayin in antum illa takthiboona

    They said, “You are nothing but humans like us, and the Gracious did not send down anything; you are only lying.”

  16. 16

    قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمُرۡسَلُونَ

    Qaloo rabbuna yaAAlamu inna ilaykum lamursaloona

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

  17. 17

    وَمَا عَلَيۡنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ

    Wama AAalayna illa albalaghu almubeenu

    And our only duty is clear communication.”

  18. 18

    قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرۡنَا بِكُمۡۖ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهُواْ لَنَرۡجُمَنَّكُمۡ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ

    Qaloo inna tatayyarna bikum lain lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minna AAathabun aleemun

    They said, “We see an evil omen in you; if you do not give up, we will stone you, and a painful punishment from us will befall you.”

  19. 19

    قَالُواْ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمۡ أَئِن ذُكِّرۡتُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّسۡرِفُونَ

    Qaloo tairukum maAAakum ain thukkirtum bal antum qawmun musrifoona

    They said, “Your evil omen is upon you. Is it because you were reminded? But you are an extravagant people.”

  20. 20

    وَجَآءَ مِنۡ أَقۡصَا ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ رَجُلࣱ يَسۡعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

    Wajaa min aqsa almadeenati rajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAoo almursaleena

    Then a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said, “O my people, follow the messengers.

  21. 21

    ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَن لَّا يَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ أَجۡرٗا وَهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ

    IttabiAAoo man la yasalukum ajran wahum muhtadoona

    Follow those who ask you of no wage, and are themselves guided.

  22. 22

    وَمَالِيَ لَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ

    Wama liya la aAAbudu allathee fataranee wailayhi turjaAAoona

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

  23. 23

    ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدۡنِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ بِضُرّٖ لَّا تُغۡنِ عَنِّي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

    Aattakhithu min doonihi alihatan in yuridni alrrahmanu bidurrin la tughni AAannee shafaAAatuhum shayan wala yunqithooni

    Shall I take other gods instead of Him? If the Merciful desires harm for me, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor will they save me.

  24. 24

    إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ

    Innee ithan lafee dalalin mubeenin

    In that case, I would be completely lost.

  25. 25

    إِنِّيٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡ فَٱسۡمَعُونِ

    Innee amantu birabbikum faismaAAooni

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

  26. 26

    قِيلَ ٱدۡخُلِ ٱلۡجَنَّةَۖ قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ قَوۡمِي يَعۡلَمُونَ

    Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala ya layta qawmee yaAAlamoona

    It was said, “Enter Paradise.” He said, “If only my people knew.

  27. 27

    بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

    Bima ghafara lee rabbee wajaAAalanee mina almukrameena

    How my Lord has forgiven me, and made me one of the honored.”

  28. 28

    ۞وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِن جُندٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ

    Wama anzalna AAala qawmihi min baAAdihi min jundin mina alssamai wama kunna munzileena

    After him, We sent down no hosts from heaven to his people; nor would We ever send any down.

  29. 29

    إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَإِذَا هُمۡ خَٰمِدُونَ

    In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum khamidoona

    It was just one Cry, and they were stilled.

  30. 30

    يَٰحَسۡرَةً عَلَى ٱلۡعِبَادِۚ مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

    Ya hasratan AAala alAAibadi ma yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

    Alas for the servants. No messenger ever came to them, but they ridiculed him.

  31. 31

    أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ

    Alam yaraw kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni annahum ilayhim la yarjiAAoona

    Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them; and that unto them they will not return?

  32. 32

    وَإِن كُلࣱّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعࣱ لَّدَيۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ

    Wain kullun lamma jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

    All of them, every single one of them, will be arraigned before Us.

  33. 33

    وَءَايَةࣱ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبّٗا فَمِنۡهُ يَأۡكُلُونَ

    Waayatun lahumu alardu almaytatu ahyaynaha waakhrajna minha habban faminhu yakuloona

    And there is a sign for them in the dead land: We give it life, and produce from it grains from which they eat.

  34. 34

    وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّـٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ

    WajaAAalna feeha jannatin min nakheelin waaAAnabin wafajjarna feeha mina alAAuyooni

    And We place in it gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush out of it.

  35. 35

    لِيَأۡكُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ

    Liyakuloo min thamarihi wama AAamilathu aydeehim afala yashkuroona

    That they may eat from its fruits, although their hands did not make it. Will they not be appreciative?

  36. 36

    سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

    Subhana allathee khalaqa alazwaja kullaha mimma tunbitu alardu wamin anfusihim wamimma la yaAAlamoona

    Glory be to Him who created all the pairs; of what the earth produces, and of their own selves, and of what they do not know.

  37. 37

    وَءَايَةࣱ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ

    Waayatun lahumu allaylu naslakhu minhu alnnahara faitha hum muthlimoona

    Another sign for them is the night: We strip the day out of it—and they are in darkness.

  38. 38

    وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ

    Waalshshamsu tajree limustaqarrin laha thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi

    And the sun runs towards its destination. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

  39. 39

    وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ

    Waalqamara qaddarnahu manazila hatta AAada kaalAAurjooni alqadeemi

    And the moon: We have disposed it in phases, until it returns like the old twig.

  40. 40

    لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ

    La alshshamsu yanbaghee laha an tudrika alqamara wala allaylu sabiqu alnnahari wakullun fee falakin yasbahoona

    The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.

  41. 41

    وَءَايَةࣱ لَّهُمۡ أَنَّا حَمَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ

    Waayatun lahum anna hamalna thurriyyatahum fee alfulki almashhooni

    Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring in the laden Ark.

  42. 42

    وَخَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ مَا يَرۡكَبُونَ

    Wakhalaqna lahum min mithlihi ma yarkaboona

    And We created for them the like of it, in which they ride.

  43. 43

    وَإِن نَّشَأۡ نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنقَذُونَ

    Wain nasha nughriqhum fala sareekha lahum wala hum yunqathoona

    If We will, We can drown them—with no screaming to be heard from them, nor will they be saved.

  44. 44

    إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٖ

    Illa rahmatan minna wamataAAan ila heenin

    Except by a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a while.

  45. 45

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُواْ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ

    Waitha qeela lahumu ittaqoo ma bayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoona

    Yet when it is said to them, “Beware of what lies before you, and what lies behind you, that you may receive mercy.”

  46. 46

    وَمَا تَأۡتِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٖ مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ

    Wama tateehim min ayatin min ayati rabbihim illa kanoo AAanha muAArideena

    Yet never came to them a sign of their Lord’s signs, but they turned away from it.

  47. 47

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنُطۡعِمُ مَن لَّوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطۡعَمَهُۥٓ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ

    Waitha qeela lahum anfiqoo mimma razaqakumu Allahu qala allatheena kafaroo lillatheena amanoo anutAAimu man law yashao Allahu atAAamahu in antum illa fee dalalin mubeenin

    And when it is said to them, “Spend of what Allah has provided for you,” those who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed someone whom Allah could feed, if He so willed? You must be deeply misguided.”

  48. 48

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

    And they say, “When will this promise be, if you are truthful?”

  49. 49

    مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ تَأۡخُذُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ يَخِصِّمُونَ

    Ma yanthuroona illa sayhatan wahidatan takhuthuhum wahum yakhissimoona

    All they can expect is a single blast, which will seize them while they feud.

  50. 50

    فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ تَوۡصِيَةٗ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ

    Fala yastateeAAoona tawsiyatan wala ila ahlihim yarjiAAoona

    They will not be able to make a will, nor will they return to their families.

  51. 51

    وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَنسِلُونَ

    Wanufikha fee alssoori faitha hum mina alajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloona

    The Trumpet will be blown, then behold, they will rush from the tombs to their Lord.

  52. 52

    قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرۡقَدِنَاۜۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

    Qaloo ya waylana man baAAathana min marqadina hatha ma waAAada alrrahmanu wasadaqa almursaloona

    They will say, “Woe to us! Who resurrected us from our resting-place? This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the messengers have spoken the truth.”

  53. 53

    إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَإِذَا هُمۡ جَمِيعࣱ لَّدَيۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ

    In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan faitha hum jameeAAun ladayna muhdaroona

    It will be but a single scream; and behold, they will all be brought before Us.

  54. 54

    فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

    Faalyawma la tuthlamu nafsun shayan wala tujzawna illa ma kuntum taAAmaloona

    On that Day, no soul will be wronged in the least, and you will be recompensed only for what you used to do.

  55. 55

    إِنَّ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ فِي شُغُلٖ فَٰكِهُونَ

    Inna ashaba aljannati alyawma fee shughulin fakihoona

    The inhabitants of Paradise, on that Day, will be happily busy.

  56. 56

    هُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُهُمۡ فِي ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ

    Hum waazwajuhum fee thilalin AAala alaraiki muttakioona

    They and their spouses, in shades, reclining on couches.

  57. 57

    لَهُمۡ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ

    Lahum feeha fakihatun walahum ma yaddaAAoona

    They will have therein fruits. They will have whatever they call for.

  58. 58

    سَلَٰمࣱ قَوۡلٗا مِّن رَّبّٖ رَّحِيمٖ

    Salamun qawlan min rabbin raheemin

    Peace—a saying from a Most Merciful Lord.

  59. 59

    وَٱمۡتَٰزُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

    Waimtazoo alyawma ayyuha almujrimoona

    But step aside today, you criminals.

  60. 60

    ۞أَلَمۡ أَعۡهَدۡ إِلَيۡكُمۡ يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعۡبُدُواْ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوࣱّ مُّبِينࣱ

    Alam aAAhad ilaykum ya banee adama an la taAAbudoo alshshaytana innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

    Did I not covenant with you, O Children of Adam, that you shall not serve the devil? That he is your sworn enemy?

  61. 61

    وَأَنِ ٱعۡبُدُونِيۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطࣱ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣱ

    Waani oAAbudoonee hatha siratun mustaqeemun

    And that you shall serve Me? This is a straight path.

  62. 62

    وَلَقَدۡ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمۡ جِبِلّٗا كَثِيرًاۖ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُونُواْ تَعۡقِلُونَ

    Walaqad adalla minkum jibillan katheeran afalam takoonoo taAAqiloona

    He has misled a great multitude of you. Did you not understand?

  63. 63

    هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ

    Hathihi jahannamu allatee kuntum tooAAadoona

    This is Hellfire, which you were promised.

  64. 64

    ٱصۡلَوۡهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ

    Islawha alyawma bima kuntum takfuroona

    Roast in it today, because you persistently disbelieved.

  65. 65

    ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَخۡتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَتَشۡهَدُ أَرۡجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

    Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihim watukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanoo yaksiboona

    On this Day, We will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to everything they had done.

  66. 66

    وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ

    Walaw nashao latamasna AAala aAAyunihim faistabaqoo alssirata faanna yubsiroona

    If We will, We can blind their eyes as they rush towards the path—but how will they see?

  67. 67

    وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمۡ فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مُضِيّٗا وَلَا يَرۡجِعُونَ

    Walaw nashao lamasakhnahum AAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyan wala yarjiAAoona

    And if We will, We can cripple them in their place; so they can neither move forward, nor go back.

  68. 68

    وَمَن نُّعَمِّرۡهُ نُنَكِّسۡهُ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِۚ أَفَلَا يَعۡقِلُونَ

    Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkishu fee alkhalqi afala yaAAqiloona

    Whomever We grant old age, We reverse his development. Do they not understand?

  69. 69

    وَمَا عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعۡرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُۥٓۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ وَقُرۡءَانࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

    Wama AAallamnahu alshshiAAra wama yanbaghee lahu in huwa illa thikrun waquranun mubeenun

    We did not teach him poetry, nor is it proper for him. It is only a reminder, and a Clear Quran.

  70. 70

    لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيّٗا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

    Liyunthira man kana hayyan wayahiqqa alqawlu AAala alkafireena

    That he may warn whoever is alive, and prove the Word against the faithless.

  71. 71

    أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتۡ أَيۡدِينَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا فَهُمۡ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ

    Awalam yaraw anna khalaqna lahum mimma AAamilat aydeena anAAaman fahum laha malikoona

    Have they not seen that We created for them, of Our handiwork, livestock that they own?

  72. 72

    وَذَلَّلۡنَٰهَا لَهُمۡ فَمِنۡهَا رَكُوبُهُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا يَأۡكُلُونَ

    Wathallalnaha lahum faminha rakoobuhum waminha yakuloona

    And We subdued them for them. Some they ride, and some they eat.

  73. 73

    وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ

    Walahum feeha manafiAAu wamasharibu afala yashkuroona

    And they have in them other benefits, and drinks. Will they not give thanks?

  74. 74

    وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

    Waittakhathoo min dooni Allahi alihatan laAAallahum yunsaroona

    Yet they have taken to themselves gods other than Allah, that perhaps they may be helped.

  75. 75

    لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَهُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُمۡ جُندࣱ مُّحۡضَرُونَ

    La yastateeAAoona nasrahum wahum lahum jundun muhdaroona

    They cannot help them, although they are arrayed as troops for them.

  76. 76

    فَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ قَوۡلُهُمۡۘ إِنَّا نَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ

    Fala yahzunka qawluhum inna naAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona

    So let their words not sadden you. We know what they conceal, and what they reveal.

  77. 77

    أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

    Awalam yara alinsanu anna khalaqnahu min nutfatin faitha huwa khaseemun mubeenun

    Does the human being not consider that We created him from a seed? Yet he becomes a fierce adversary.

  78. 78

    وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلٗا وَنَسِيَ خَلۡقَهُۥۖ قَالَ مَن يُحۡيِ ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمࣱ

    Wadaraba lana mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithama wahiya rameemun

    And he produces arguments against Us, and he forgets his own creation. He says, “Who will revive the bones when they have decayed?”

  79. 79

    قُلۡ يُحۡيِيهَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلۡقٍ عَلِيمٌ

    Qul yuhyeeha allathee anshaaha awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin AAaleemun

    Say, “He who initiated them in the first instance will revive them. He has knowledge of every creation.”

  80. 80

    ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلۡأَخۡضَرِ نَارٗا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنۡهُ تُوقِدُونَ

    Allathee jaAAala lakum mina alshshajari alakhdari naran faitha antum minhu tooqidoona

    He who produced fuel for you from the green trees, with which you kindle a fire.

  81. 81

    أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخۡلُقَ مِثۡلَهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

    Awalaysa allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda biqadirin AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum bala wahuwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

    Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Certainly. He is the Supreme All-Knowing Creator.

  82. 82

    إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيۡـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    Innama amruhu itha arada shayan an yaqoola lahu kun fayakoonu

    His command, when He wills a thing, is to say to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.

  83. 83

    فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ

    Fasubhana allathee biyadihi malakootu kulli shayin wailayhi turjaAAoona

    So glory be to Him in whose hand is the dominion of everything, and to Him you will be returned.

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Questions about Surah Ya-Sin

How many verses are in Surah Yasin?

Surah Ya-Sin has 83 verses. It is the 36th surah of the Quran and was revealed in Mecca.

Is Yasin really the heart of the Quran?

The saying that Ya-Sin is the heart of the Quran comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself noted had a weak link, and many hadith scholars have graded it weak. It is a widely repeated saying, but it should not be presented as an established hadith.

Why do Muslims read Yasin for the dying or the dead?

The practice is based on a narration in Sunan Abi Dawud and Sunan Ibn Majah telling people to recite Ya-Sin over their dying. Many hadith scholars graded that narration weak, though some scholars still regarded reciting it as recommended, and the practice remains common.

Which juz is Surah Yasin in?

Surah Ya-Sin is split between two juz: verses 1 to 27 are in juz 22, and verses 28 to 83 are in juz 23.