Surah Ya-Sin 36:1
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 1 of 83
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يسٓ
Translation
Ya Sin
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
The Surah opens with two disconnected letters, Ya, Sin, whose precise meaning Allah kept to Himself. al-Saadi counsels the safest posture: humble silence about their exact sense, while holding firm that Allah revealed nothing in vain. al-Biqa'i notes the Surah is called 'the Heart of the Qur'an', and its whole aim is to affirm the reality of messengership, that Allah guides humanity by sending messengers. Ask yourself: I'm used to demanding that everything be explained before I'll accept it. Faith sometimes asks the opposite, to sit with what I have not been given to decode, trusting the One who wrote it. Can I let 'Ya-Sin' teach me that reverence includes a certain restful not-knowing?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur.
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