FOR an explanation of my rendering of the title Ya Sin as "O Thou Human Being", see note 1 below.Revealed in the early part of what is termed the "middle" Mecca period (probably just beforeAl-Firqan), this surah is almost entirely devoted to the problem of man's moral responsibilityand, hence, to the certainty of resurrection and God's judgment: and it is for this reason that theProphet called upon his followers to recite it over the dying and in prayers for the dead (cf. severalTraditions to this effect quoted by Ibn Kathir at the beginning of his commentary on this surah).
O THOU human being!1