Surah Yasin

Surah Yasin is the 36^th chapter that talks about many things. Surah Yāsīn takes its name from the first verse that are two disjoint letters (حروف المقطعة). Moreover, Yāsīn is one of the titles of Prophet Muhammad. Surah Yasin is a comprehensive chapter that talks about many Quranic concepts. For this reason, it is known as the Heart of the Quran (قَلب القرآن).

Facts about Surah Yasin

Arabic Text and Translation of Surah Yasin

Benefits of Reciting Surah Yasin

• According to the Prophet, whoever recites surah Yasin, it is as though they recited the entire Quran ten times. ¹
• According to another report by the Prophet peace be upon him and his progeny, reciting surah Yasin has the following worldly benefits:
  • If the person who recites it is hungry he will become full (he will find food).
  • If he is thirsty, he will find water and satisfy his thirst.
  • If he has no clothes, Allah will provide him with clothing.
  • If he is single, Allah will pave the way for his marriage.
  • If he fears something, his fear will subside.
  • If he is sick, he will become healthy.
  • If he is a traveler, he will be assisted in his journey.
  • If it is recited near a dead person, Allah will take it easy with him (i.e. the dead person)
  • If he has lost someone, he will find his lost one. ²

Surah Yasin: God Addresses the Prophet

According to most Quranic exegetes, Yasin (یس) is one of the titles of Prophet Muhammad. Therefore, Allah in the first verse of this surah directly addresses the Prophet. The second verse swears by the Quran, and in the third verse, God says that verily you Prophet Muhammad are one of the apostles of God who is guided along a straight path. Then the Quran in verse five and six begins describing the Quran:

تَنزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿5﴾

[It is a scripture] sent down gradually from the All-mighty, the All-merciful

لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ ﴿6﴾

that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are oblivious.

Surah Yasin: The Disbelievers State

Surah Yasin goes on saying that the truth has been proven to most of the people of Prophet Muhammad, however, they did not believe:

لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿7﴾

The word has certainly become due against most of them, so they will not have faith.

Although they knew that the Prophet speaks words of truth, they refused to believe in him. Then the Quran says how they have iron collars on their necks and their heads are upturned. And, there is a barrier between them that does not allow them to accept the faith of Islam. Of course, they have free will but they chose not to believe in Islam. Therefore, God says:

وَسَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿10﴾

It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have faith.

Who Should the Prophet Warn?

God says in surah Yasin that Prophet Muhammad should only warn those who believe in the Quran and fear Him:

إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الذِّكْرَ وَخَشِيَ الرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿11﴾

You can only warn someone who follows the Reminder and fears the All-beneficent in secret; so give him the good news of forgiveness and a noble reward.

They will be rewarded and forgiven of their sins. The question however is: Why should people who believe in Islam and the Prophet be warned? The answer is simple. We as human beings, even if we are Muslims are forgetful sometimes and are negligent of remembering God at certain times. Therefore, the Prophet should come and warn the believers so that they always remember God and refrain from committing sins and perform their obligatory duties.

Surah Yasin: God Showcases His Might

In verse 12, God asserts that He and His angels are the ones who revive the dead and write their record of deeds and the impressions they leave behind. Finally it says:

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿12﴾

And We have figured everything in a manifest Imam.

According to some Quranic exegetes, Imam in this verse is a knowledgeable man who is the leader of Muslims. Some exegetes say that the vicegerent of Prophet Muhammad, that is, his successor is the Imam to whom this verse refers.

The Example of the Inhabitants of the Town

From verse 13 of surah Yasin, God tells the story of the inhabitants of a town, which some say it was Antakya, when God’s apostles went to it. Quranic exegetes say that this event had taken place during the time of Prophet Jesus, the Messiah. Jesus sent apostles to a town in order for them to preach sermons to people, admonish them, and invite them to monotheism. First two apostles were sent, but they were falsified. Then a third one was sent in order to reinforce the two. However, the people of the town did not accept their call and said:

مَا أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَا أَنزَلَ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ مِن شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ ﴿15﴾

‘You are no other than human beings like us, and the All-beneficent has not sent down anything, and you are only lying.’

No matter how much the apostles told them that they are sent by God, they did not listen and instead said:

إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿18﴾

‘Indeed we take you for a bad omen. If you do not desist we will stone you, and surely a painful punishment will visit you from us.’

A Man Comes Hurriedly to Support the Apostles

Meanwhile, a man hurriedly came from the outskirts of the city and said:

وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿20﴾

There came a man hurrying from the city outskirts. He said, ‘O my people! Follow the apostles!

اتَّبِعُوا مَن لَّا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿21﴾

Follow them who do not ask you any reward and they are rightly guided.

وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿22﴾

Why should I not worship Him who has originated me, and to whom you shall be brought back?

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ ﴿23﴾

Shall I take gods besides Him? If the All-beneficent desired to cause me any distress, their intercession will not avail me in any way, nor will they rescue me.

إِنِّي إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿24﴾

Indeed, then I would be in manifest error.

إِنِّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ ﴿25﴾

Indeed I have faith in your Lord, so listen to me.’

This man was a righteous man who had come to tell his people to follow the apostles. He had professed faith in God, not because he feared hell or was greedy for paradise, but rather he believed God deserved to be worshipped. That is why he was told:

قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿26﴾

He was told, ‘Enter paradise!’ He said, ‘Alas! Had my people only known

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ ﴿27﴾

for what my Lord forgave me and made me one of the honoured ones!’

The People of the Town Are Punished

The people of the town were punished for impugning the apostles. The Quran says in this regard:

وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ﴿28﴾

After him We did not send down on his people a host from the sky, nor We would have sent down.

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ ﴿29﴾

It was but a single Cry, and, behold, they were stilled [like burnt ashes]!

The people of this town were punished just like the people of ‘Ād and Thamūd. Then the Quran says:

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ ﴿30﴾

How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him.

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿31﴾

Have they not regarded how many generations We have destroyed before them who will not come back to them?

وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿32﴾

And all of them will indeed be presented before Us.

Surah Yasin: The Dead Earth

God tells us in the following verses of surah Yasin how he revives the dead earth:

وَآيَةٌ لَّهُمُ الْأَرْضُ الْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَاهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ ﴿33﴾

A sign for them is the dead earth, which We revive and bring forth grain out of it, so they eat of it.

وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّاتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْعُيُونِ ﴿34﴾

We make in it orchards of date palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth in it,

لِيَأْكُلُوا مِن ثَمَرِهِ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿35﴾

so that they may eat of its fruit and what their hands have cultivated. Will they not then give thanks?

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنبِتُ الْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿36﴾

Immaculate is He who has created all the kinds of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.

The same way that God revives the dead on the Day of Judgment, He does so in this world, too. He causes the dead earth to revive and bring trees bearing fruit and vegetables that we eat from. This is the power and might of God Almighty, and it is a sign for all of us that the Resurrection is real.

Surah Yasin: More Signs of God

In the following verses of surah Yasin, God enumerates His signs such as the night when it strips the day, the sun that runs on to its resting place, the moon and its different phases, and how the sun and the moon and night and day do not overtake each other:

لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنبَغِي لَهَا أَن تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ﴿40﴾

Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit.

The above verse speaks about a scientific miracle of the Quran. No one at that time knew that the planets and stars move along an orbit. However, the Quran has made this fact clear that the sun and moon move along an orbit.

Surah Yasin: The Laden Ship

God says in surah Yasin:

وَآيَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ﴿41﴾

A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the laden ship,

It is one of the signs of God that He carries human beings in ships that sail the sea. Therefore, God is saying that no one protects them from the dangers of the sea and drowning other than God, because God has given man the knowledge of building strong ships that can sail the sea without drowning.

Human Beings Tend to Disregard Signs of God

God in the following verses of surah Yasin mentions other signs as well such as horses that man rides on. However, in the end God says:

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ آيَةٍ مِّنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿46﴾

There does not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord but that they have been disregarding it.

The human being is neglectful of the signs of God. He does not remember them and thus does not appreciate them. If he did, he would always remember God and be careful of his conduct. However, as the Quran says in many verses: The majority of human beings do not know:

وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But most people do not know. ³

Surah Yasin: Feeding the Poor

One of the duties God has charged us with is feeding the poor. God says in surah Yasin in this regard:

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّـهُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّـهُ أَطْعَمَهُ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿47﴾

When they are told, ‘Spend out of what Allah has provided you,’ the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Shall we feed [someone] whom Allah would feed, if He wished? You are only in manifest error.’

The problem with the faithless is that they do not know that God has provided for them and if He wants he can take away everything from them and render them poor, too. When God tells us to give charity or feed the poor, it is because He wants to test us and see if we obey Him. Besides, God increases the sustenance and provision of the one who spends out of his wealth. Moreover, we human beings must be the manifestations of God’s mercy on earth, and when we feed the poor, it is just as if God has fed the poor. In this way, God will reward us even more.

Surah Yasin: God’s Promise

God has promised that a day will come when everyone will die when the Trumpet is blown, and everyone will be resurrected including the ones in the grave when the Trumpet is blown the second time:

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ﴿48﴾

And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ ﴿49﴾

They do not await but a single Cry that will seize them as they wrangle.

فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿50﴾

Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks.

وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ﴿51﴾

And when the Trumpet is blown, behold, there they will be, scrambling towards their Lord from their graves!

On that day, everyone will be brought to account for the deeds they performed in the world. Justice will be administered and no one would be wronged in the least.

Surah Yasin: The Abode of the Righteous

The Quran describes the state of the Godwary in surah Yasin starting from verse 55:

إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الْيَوْمَ فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ ﴿55﴾

Indeed today the inhabitants of paradise rejoice in their engagements

هُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمْ فِي ظِلَالٍ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ مُتَّكِئُونَ ﴿56﴾

—they and their mates, reclining on couches in the shades.

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ ﴿57﴾

There they have fruits, and they have whatever they want.

سَلَامٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ ﴿58﴾

‘Peace!’—a watchword from the all-merciful Lord.

Those who are righteous do not need to worry. God will reward them with paradise with all its blessings and bounties. And, they will be safe from the fire.

Surah Yasin: The Fate of the Vicious

God in the next verses of surah Yasin censures the vicious and reminds them of His admonitions:

أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿60﴾

‘Did I not exhort you, O children of Adam, saying, “Do not worship Satan. He is indeed your manifest enemy.

وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿61﴾

Worship Me. That is a straight path”?

وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿62﴾

Certainly, he has led astray many of your generations. Have you not exercised your reason?

هَـٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ﴿63﴾

This is the hell you had been promised!

The inmates of hell used to obey and worship Satan and their carnal desires. God had warned them that Satan is their enemy. Therefore, now that they have been led astray by Satan, they shall enter hell:

اصْلَوْهَا الْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ﴿64﴾

Enter it today, because of what you used to deny.

الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿65﴾

Today We shall seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness concerning what they used to earn.’

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿66﴾

Had We wished We would have blotted out their eyes: then, were they to advance towards the path, how would have they seen?

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿67﴾

And had We wished We would have deformed them in their place; then they would neither have been able to move ahead nor to return.

Now that the Day of Judgment has come, they are helpless. They cannot ward off the punishment of God from themselves. Now is it too late. They had the chance to believe in God and repent while they were living in the world, but not now.

Surah Yasin: Old Age

God says in verse 68 of surah Yasin:

وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿68﴾

And whomever We give a long life, We cause him to regress in creation. Then, will they not exercise their reason?

All of us will one day become old, and when we do, our bodies will weaken. This is the will of God.

Surah Yasin: The Quran is not Poetry

In the next verses of surah Yasin, God makes it clear that the Quran is a Divine message that He revealed to His prophet, and not poetry:

وَمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ الشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْآنٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿69﴾

We did not teach him poetry, nor does it behoove him. This is just a reminder and a manifest Quran,

لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ ﴿70﴾

so that anyone who is alive may be warned, and that the word may come due against the faithless.

Despite the fact that the Quran is very eloquent in speech, it is not poetry. In other words, the Quran’s worth is much higher than a piece of poetry, even though it has rhymes and elements that resemble poetry.

Surah Yasin: The Cattle Have Been Created for Us

God says in surah Yasin:

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ ﴿71﴾

Have they not seen that We have created for them—of what Our hands have worked—cattle, so they have become their masters?

وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ ﴿72﴾

And We made them tractable for them; so some of them make their mounts and some of them they eat.

وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿73﴾

There are other benefits for them therein, and drinks. Will they not then give thanks?

Indeed, God has created many things just for us, including the cattle. God has given us control over them. We eat their meat, drink their milk, and ride some of them, yet we are neglectful of giving thanks to God for providing them for us.

Surah Yasin: Fake Gods

God continues surah Yasin by stating:

وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّـهِ آلِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿74﴾

They have taken gods besides Allah, [hoping] that they might be helped [by the fake deities].

لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ ﴿75﴾

[But] they cannot help them, while they [themselves] are an army mobilized for their defence.

فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ﴿76﴾

So do not let their remarks grieve you. We indeed know whatever they hide and whatever they disclose.

At the time of the Prophet, the people of Quraysh used to worship idols and gods other than Allah. However, God says that they will not benefit or harm them in any way as they are nothing but statues made of stone and clay. Then God sympathizes with His prophet and tells him that He knows what they hide and reveal.

Surah Yasin: The Creation of Man

God says in surah Yasin:

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْإِنسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿77﴾

Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!?

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ ﴿78﴾

He draws comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who shall revive the bones when they have decayed?’

قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿79﴾

Say, ‘He will revive them who produced them the first time, and He has knowledge of all creation.

الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الشَّجَرِ الْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَا أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ ﴿80﴾

He, who made for you fire out of the green tree, and, behold, you light fire from it!

أَوَلَيْسَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ ﴿81﴾

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed! He is the All-creator, the All-knowing

إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿82﴾

All His command, when He wills something, is to say to it ‘Be,’ and it is.

فَسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿83﴾

So immaculate is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to whom you shall be brought back.

God has created man from a drop of fluid that He himself placed in his loin. However, man gets arrogant and says: How is it possible for God to revive us when we are decayed bones? God’s answer is simple. He is the one who created him from the beginning and can easily bring him back to life. Then God gives the example of the green tree that fire can be lit from it.

He reminds us that He is the one who created the heavens and the earth, a creation that is more complex than the human being, why should He not be able to create something similar to it? In the end, God says He is capable of doing anything. All he says is be and it is created. The last verse of surah Yasin glorifies God and clears Him of any ill attributions and once again emphasizes that we will be returned to Him.