1Yā, Seen.¹¹⁷⁷

2By the wise¹¹⁷⁸ Qur'ān,

3Indeed you, [O Muḥammad], are from among the messengers,

4On a straight path.

5[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

6That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

7Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

8Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

9And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

10And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them – they will not believe.

11You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.

12Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

13And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it –

14When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."

15They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

16They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

17And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

18They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

19They said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with yourselves. Is it¹¹⁷⁹ because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

20And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

21Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

22And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

23Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

24Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

25Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

26It was said, "Enter Paradise."¹¹⁸⁰ He said, "I wish my people could know

27Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

28And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

29It was not but one shout,¹¹⁸¹ and immediately they were extinguished.

30How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

31Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them – that they to them¹¹⁸² will not return?

32And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

33And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.

34And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs –

35That they may eat of His fruit.¹¹⁸³ And their hands have not produced it,¹¹⁸⁴ so will they not be grateful?

36Exalted is He who created all pairs¹¹⁸⁵ – from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

37And a sign for them is the night. We remove¹¹⁸⁶ from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.

38And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

39And the moon – We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.

40It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

41And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers¹¹⁸⁷ in a laden ship.

42And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

43And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

44Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

45But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you;¹¹⁸⁸ perhaps you will receive mercy..."¹¹⁸⁹

46And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.

47And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allāh has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allāh had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."

48And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

49They do not await except one blast¹¹⁹⁰ which will seize them while they are disputing.

50And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.

51And the Horn will be blown;¹¹⁹¹ and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.

52They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will