Surah Yā-Sīn (Ya Sin) in English

1. واضرب لهم مثلا أصحاب القرية إذ جاءها المرسلون

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   Cite for them the example of the inhabitants of the town when the apostles came to it.

   wa-ḍrib lahum mathalan ʾaṣḥāba l-qaryati ʾidh jāʾahā l-mursalūna

2. إذ أرسلنا إليهم اثنين فكذبوهما فعززنا بثالث فقالوا إنا إليكم مرسلون

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   When We sent to them two [apostles], they impugned both of them. Then We reinforced them with a third, and they said, ‘We have indeed been sent to you.’

   ʾidh ʾarsalnā ʾilayhimu thnayni fa-kadhdhabūhumā fa-ʿazzaznā bi-thālithin fa-qālū ʾinnā ʾilaykum mursalūna

3. قالوا ما أنتم إلا بشر مثلنا وما أنزل الرحمن من شيء إن أنتم إلا تكذبون

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   They said, ‘You are no other than human beings like us, and the All-beneficent has not sent down anything, and you are only lying.’

   qālū mā ʾantum ʾillā basharun mithlunā wa-mā ʾanzala r-raḥmānu min shayʾin ʾin ʾantum ʾillā takdhibūna

4. قالوا ربنا يعلم إنا إليكم لمرسلون

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   They said, ‘Our Lord knows that we have indeed been sent to you,

   qālū rabbunā yaʿlamu ʾinnā ʾilaykum la-mursalūna

5. وما علينا إلا البلاغ المبين

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   and our duty is only to communicate in clear terms.’

   wa-mā ʿalaynā ʾillā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

6. قالوا إنا تطيرنا بكم لئن لم تنتهوا لنرجمنكم وليمسنكم منا عذاب أليم

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   They said, ‘Indeed we take you for a bad omen. If you do not desist we will stone you, and surely a painful punishment will visit you from us.’

   qālū ʾinnā taṭayyarnā bikum la-ʾin lam tantahū la-narjumannakum wa-la-yamassannakum minnā ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

7. قالوا طائركم معكم أئن ذكرتم بل أنتم قوم مسرفون

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   They said, ‘Your bad omens attend you. What! If you are admonished.... Indeed, you are an unrestrained lot.’

   qālū ṭāʾirukum maʿakum ʾa-ʾin dhukkirtum bal ʾantum qawmun musrifūna

8. وجاء من أقصى المدينة رجل يسعى قال يا قوم اتبعوا المرسلين

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   There came a man hurrying from the city outskirts. He said, ‘O my people! Follow the apostles!

   wa-jāʾa min ʾaqṣā l-madīnati rajulun yasʿā qāla yā-qawmi ttabiʿū l-mursalīna

9. اتبعوا من لا يسألكم أجرا وهم مهتدون

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   Follow them who do not ask you any reward and they are rightly guided.

   ittabiʿū man lā yasʾalukum ʾajran wa-hum muhtadūna

10. وما لي لا أعبد الذي فطرني وإليه ترجعون

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    Why should I not worship Him who has originated me, and to whom you shall be brought back?

    wa-mā liya lā ʾaʿbudu lladhī faṭaranī wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna

11. أأتخذ من دونه آلهة إن يردن الرحمن بضر لا تغن عني شفاعتهم شيئا ولا ينقذون

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    Shall I take gods besides Him? If the All-beneficent desired to cause me any distress, their intercession will not avail me in any way, nor will they rescue me.

    ʾa-ʾattakhidhu min dūnihī ʾālihatan ʾin yuridni r-raḥmānu bi-ḍurrin lā tughni ʿannī shafāʿatuhum shayʾan wa-lā yunqidhūni

12. إني إذا لفي ضلال مبين

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    Indeed, then I would be in manifest error.

    ʾinnī ʾidhan la-fī ḍalālin mubīnin

13. إني آمنت بربكم فاسمعون

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    Indeed I have faith in your Lord, so listen to me.’

    ʾinnī ʾāmantu bi-rabbikum fa-smaʿūni

14. قيل ادخل الجنة قال يا ليت قومي يعلمون

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    He was told, ‘Enter paradise!’ He said, ‘Alas! Had my people only known

    qīla dkhuli l-jannata qāla yā-layta qawmī yaʿlamūna

15. بما غفر لي ربي وجعلني من المكرمين

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    for what my Lord forgave me and made me one of the honoured ones!’

    bi-mā ghafara lī rabbī wa-jaʿalanī mina l-mukramīna