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Chapter 36

Yā SīnYā Sīn ( يس )

83 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens with the discrete Arabic letters Yā Sīn. “Yā Sīn” (mentioned in verse 1) is one of the names of the Prophet. The surah emphasizes the divine source of the Quran and defends it from the charge of being poetry made by man (verse 5 ff. and verse 69 ff.). It warns of the fate of men who are stubborn and always mock God’s revelations. They are reminded of the punishment that befell earlier generations, and of God’s power as shown in His Creation. The end of the surah gives strong arguments for the reality of the Resurrection.«

The surah is also known as Ya-Sin, Yaa Siin

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Ali Unal: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE

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Ali Unal

This sūrah, which consists of 83 verses, was revealed in the mid-Makkan period. It takes its name from the first verse, the shortest in the Qur’ān, and which, according to some, implicitly means a human being. It deals, using diverse arguments, with three of the pillars of faith, namely the Divine Oneness, afterlife, and Prophethood. God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, declared that this sūrah is the heart of the Qur’ān (at-Tirmidhī, “Thawāb al-Qur’ān,” 7) because it stirs up “dead” hearts to awaken them to life. He also advised its recitation over one who is at one’s death-bed.
Ya. Sin.