Sura 36:
Y. S. (Yaa Seen)
Number of verses: 83
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. Y. S. (Yaa Seen)*
2. And the Quran that is full
of wisdom.
3. Most assuredly, you are
one of the messengers.*
4. On a straight path.
5. This revelation is from
the Almighty, Most Merciful.
6. To warn people whose parents
were never warned, and therefore, they are unaware.
7. It has been predetermined
that most of them do not believe.
8. For we place around their
necks shackles, up to their chins. Consequently, they become
locked in their disbelief.
9. And we place a barrier in
front of them, and a barrier behind them, and thus, we veil them;
they cannot see.
10. It is the same whether you
warn them or not, they cannot believe.*
11. You will be heeded only by those who uphold this message, and reverence the Most Gracious, even when alone in their privacy. Give them good news of forgiveness and a generous recompense.
12. We will certainly revive
the dead, and we have recorded everything they have done in this
life, as well as the consequences that continue after their
death. Everything we have counted in a profound record.
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*36:1 See Appendix 1 for the
detailed explanation of these initials.
*36:3 See Appendices 2
& 26 for the irrefutable physical evidence.
*36:10 Everyone is already
stamped as a believer or a disbeliever. See Appendix 14.
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Rejecting The Messengers: A
Tragic Human Trait*
13. Cite for them the example
of people in a community that received the messengers.
14. When we sent to them two
(messengers), they disbelieved them. We then supported them by a
third. They said, “We are (God's) messengers to you.”
15. They said, “You are no
more than human beings like us. The Most Gracious did not send
down anything. You are liars.”
16. They said, “Our Lord
knows that we have been sent to you.
17. “Our sole mission is
to deliver the message.”
18. They said, “We
consider you bad omens. Unless you refrain, we will surely stone
you, or afflict you with painful retribution.”
19. They said, “Your omen
depends on your response, now that you have been reminded.
Indeed, you are transgressing people.”
20. A man came from the
other end of the city, saying, “O my people, follow the
messengers.
21. “Follow those who do
not ask you for any wage, and are guided.
22. “Why should I not
worship the One who initiated me, and to Him is your ultimate
return?
23. “Shall I set up beside
Him gods? If the Most Gracious willed any harm for me, their
intercession cannot help me one bit, nor can they rescue me.
24. “In that case, I would
be totally astray.
25. “I have believed in
your Lord; please listen to me.”
The Righteous Go Straight to
Paradise*
26. (At the time of his death)
he was told, “Enter Paradise.” He said, “Oh, I
wish my people knew.
27. “That my Lord has
forgiven me, and made me honorable.”
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*36:13-27 God's messengers have
proof, advocate God alone, and do not ask for money.
*36:26 The righteous do not
really die; they simply move into the same Paradise where Adam
and Eve lived. They join the prophets, saints and martyrs in an
active and utopian life (see Appendix 17).
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28. We did not send down
upon his people, after him, soldiers from the sky; we did not
need to send them down.
29. All it took was one blow,
whereupon they were stilled.
Ridiculing The Messengers: A
Tragic Human Trait*
30. How sorry is the people's
condition! Every time a messenger went to them, they always
ridiculed him.
31. Did they not see how many
generations we annihilated before them, and how they never return
to them?
32. Every one of them will be
summoned before us.
Signs of God
33. One sign for them is the
dead land: we revive it and produce from it grains for their
food.
34. We grow in it gardens of
date palms, and grapes, and we cause springs to gush out therein.
35. This is to provide them
with fruits, and to let them manufacture with their own hands
whatever they need. Would they be thankful?
36. Glory be to the One who
created all kinds of plants from the earth, as well as
themselves, and other creations that they do not even know.
37. Another sign for them is
the night: we remove the daylight therefrom, whereupon they are
in darkness.
38. The sun sets into a
specific location, according to the design of the Almighty, the
Omniscient.
39. The moon we designed to
appear in stages, until it becomes like an old curved sheath.
40. The sun is never to catch
up with the moon - the night and the day never deviate - each of
them is floating in its own orbit.
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*36:30 If the messenger presents
solid proof of messengership, advocates the worship of God alone,
and does not ask us for money, why should we not believe? (See
Appendix 2.)
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Invention of the First Ship
41. Another sign for them is
that we carried their ancestors on the loaded ark.
42. Then we created the same
for them to ride in.
43. If we willed, we could have
drowned them, so that their screaming would not be heard, nor
could they be saved.
44. Instead, we shower them
with mercy, and let them enjoy for awhile.
45. Yet, when they are told,
“Learn from your past, to work righteousness for your
future, that you may attain mercy,”
46. No matter what kind of
proof is given to them from their Lord, they consistently
disregard it.
47. When they are told,
“Give from GOD's provisions to
you,” those who disbelieve say to those who believe,
“Why should we give to those whom GOD
could feed, if He so willed? You are really far astray.”
48. They also challenge,
“When will that promise come to pass, if you are
truthful?”
49. All they see will be one
blow that overwhelms them, while they dispute.
50. They will not even have
time to make a will, nor will they be able to return to their
people.
51. The horn will be blown,
whereupon they will rise from the grave and go to their Lord.
52. They will say, “Woe to
us. Who resurrected us from our death? This is what the Most
Gracious had promised. The messengers were right.”
53. All it will take is one
blow, whereupon they are summoned before us.
54. On that Day, no soul will
be wronged in the least. You will be paid precisely for whatever
you did.
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55. The dwellers of Paradise
will be, on that Day, happily busy.
56. They abide with their
spouses in beautiful shade, enjoying comfortable furnishings.
57. They will have fruits
therein; they will have anything they wish.
58. Greetings of peace from a
Most Merciful Lord.
59. As for you, O guilty ones,
you will be set aside.
The Devil is the Other
Alternative
60. Did I not covenant with
you, O Children of Adam, that you shall not worship the devil?
That he is your most ardent enemy?
61. And that you shall worship
Me alone? This is the right path.
62. He has misled multitudes of
you. Did you not possess any understanding?
63. This is the Hell that was
promised for you.
64. Today you will burn in it,
as a consequence of your disbelief.
65. On that Day we will seal
their mouths; their hands and feet will bear witness to
everything they had done.
66. If we will, we can veil
their eyes and, consequently, when they seek the path, they will
not see.
67. If we will, we can freeze
them in place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.
68. Whomever we permit to live for a long time, we revert him to weakness. Do they not understand?
69. What we taught him (the
messenger) was not poetry, nor is he (a poet). This is but a
formidable proof, and a profound Quran.
70. To preach to those who are
alive, and to expose the disbelievers.
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*36:69 The word "Zikr"
refers frequently to the Quran's great mathematical code, which
is certainly not literary, nor poetry. Please check out 38:1,8;
15:6,9; 16:44; 21:2,24; 26:5; & 36:11.
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71. Have they not seen that
we created for them, with our own hands, livestock that they own?
72. And we subdued them for
them; some they ride, and some they eat.
73. They derive other benefits
from them, as well as drinks. Would they not be appreciative?
Powerless Idols
74. They set up beside GOD
other gods, perhaps they can be of help to them!
75. On the contrary, they
cannot help them; they end up serving them as devoted soldiers.
76. Therefore, do not be
saddened by their utterances. We are fully aware of everything
they conceal and everything they declare.
77. Does the human being not see that we created him from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent enemy?
78. He raises a question to us - while forgetting his initial creation – “Who can resurrect the bones after they had rotted?”
79. Say, “The One who initiated them in the first place will resurrect them. He is fully aware of every creation."
80. He is the One who creates for you, from the green trees, fuel which you burn for light.
81. Is not the
One who created the heavens and the earth able to recreate the
same? Yes indeed; He is the Creator, the Omniscient.
82. All He needs to do to carry
out any command is to say to it, “Be,” and it is.
83. Therefore, glory be to the
One in whose hand is the sovereignty over all things, and to Him
you will be returned.*
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*36:83 It is noteworthy that the
gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the gematrical
value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the sura number (36),
plus the number of verses (83), produces a total that is a
multiple of 19 (505+725+36+83=1349=19x71). Also, Sura 36 is
number 19 among the 29 initialed suras.
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