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