Surah Ya-Sin 36:64
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 64 of 83
ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Translation
Enter it today, because you went on ignoring [my commands].’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Burn in it today, because you used to disbelieve.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the cause is stated with total clarity: not bad luck, not an arbitrary sentence, but 'because you used to disbelieve', the outcome is the harvest of a chosen, repeated stance. Ask yourself: I prefer to think of consequences as things that happen to me rather than things I grew. This verse ties the end tightly to the habit, 'you used to', the ongoing posture of a life. It is sobering, but also empowering: if the outcome traces back to a repeated choice, then the repeated choices I make now are quietly deciding it. What am I 'used to' doing that is planting the harvest I'll one day be handed?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Ya-Sin 36:64 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.