Surah Yā-Sīn (Ya Sin) in English

1. وآية لهم أنا حملنا ذريتهم في الفلك المشحون

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   A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the laden ship,

   wa-ʾāyatun lahum ʾannā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fī l-fulki l-mashḥūni

2. وخلقنا لهم من مثله ما يركبون

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   and We have created for them what is similar to it, which they ride.

   wa-khalaqnā lahum min mithlihī mā yarkabūna

3. وإن نشأ نغرقهم فلا صريخ لهم ولا هم ينقذون

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   And if We like We drown them, whereat they have no one to call for help, nor are they rescued

   wa-ʾin nashaʾ nughriqhum fa-lā ṣarīkha lahum wa-lā hum yunqadhūna

4. إلا رحمة منا ومتاعا إلى حين

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   except by a mercy from Us and for an enjoyment until some time.

   ʾillā raḥmatan minnā wa-matāʿan ʾilā ḥīnin

5. وإذا قيل لهم اتقوا ما بين أيديكم وما خلفكم لعلكم ترحمون

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   And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy…’

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahumu ttaqū mā bayna ʾaydīkum wa-mā khalfakum laʿallakum turḥamūna

6. وما تأتيهم من آية من آيات ربهم إلا كانوا عنها معرضين

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   There does not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord but that they have been disregarding it.

   wa-mā taʾtīhim min ʾāyatin min ʾāyāti rabbihim ʾillā kānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīna

7. وإذا قيل لهم أنفقوا مما رزقكم الله قال الذين كفروا للذين آمنوا أنطعم من لو يشاء الله أطعمه إن أنتم إلا في ضلال مبين

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   When they are told, ‘Spend out of what Allah has provided you,’ the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Shall we feed [someone] whom Allah would feed, if He wished? You are only in manifest error.’

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum ʾanfiqū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾa-nuṭʿimu man law yashāʾu llāhu ʾaṭʿamahū ʾin ʾantum ʾillā fī ḍalālin mubīnin

8. ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين

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   And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’

   wa-yaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

9. ما ينظرون إلا صيحة واحدة تأخذهم وهم يخصمون

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   They do not await but a single Cry that will seize them as they wrangle.

   mā yanẓurūna ʾillā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan taʾkhudhuhum wa-hum yakhiṣṣimūna

10. فلا يستطيعون توصية ولا إلى أهلهم يرجعون

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    Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks.

    fa-lā yastaṭīʿūna tawṣiyatan wa-lā ʾilā ʾahlihim yarjiʿūna

11. ونفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الأجداث إلى ربهم ينسلون

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    And when the Trumpet is blown, behold, there they will be, scrambling towards their Lord from their graves!

    wa-nufikha fī ṣ-ṣūri fa-ʾidhā hum mina l-ʾajdāthi ʾilā rabbihim yansilūna

12. قالوا يا ويلنا من بعثنا من مرقدنا هذا ما وعد الرحمن وصدق المرسلون

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    They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who raised us from our place of sleep?’ ‘This is what the All-beneficent had promised, and the apostles had spoken the truth!’

    qālū yā-waylanā man baʿathanā min marqadinā hādhā mā waʿada r-raḥmānu wa-ṣadaqa l-mursalūna

13. إن كانت إلا صيحة واحدة فإذا هم جميع لدينا محضرون

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    It will be but a single Cry, and, behold, they will all be presented before Us!

    ʾin kānat ʾillā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-ʾidhā hum jamīʿun ladaynā muḥḍarūna

14. فاليوم لا تظلم نفس شيئا ولا تجزون إلا ما كنتم تعملون

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    ‘Today no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be requited except for what you used to do.’

    fa-l-yawma lā tuẓlamu nafsun shayʾan wa-lā tujzawna ʾillā mā kuntum taʿmalūna