Surah Ya-Sin 36:44
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 44 of 83
إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ
Translation
Only by Our mercy could they be reprieved to enjoy life for a while.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'...except as a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a time.' al-Saadi and Ibn Ashur note how precisely the verse labels our safe passage: it is 'a mercy, and enjoyment for a while', not permanent, not owed, and explicitly time-bound ('ila hin', until a term). The reprieve has an expiry stamped on it. Ask yourself: I want my comforts to be permanent and treat their continuation as the baseline. This verse gently renames every safe day as a borrowed mercy with a deadline. Would I hold my health, my security, my loved ones differently if I fully accepted the two words attached to them here, 'mercy' and 'for a time'?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Ya-Sin 36:44 in Maani to reflect on it through the Five Lenses: its wording, its context, what it means for you, its connections across the Quran and its lessons, grounded in classical tafsir.