Ya-Sin 36:1
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 440
Ya-Sin
يسٓ ١
Ya Sin.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Ya Sin. Like some other surahs, it opens with two letters.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, most scholars hold this is the surah’s name; some say it is an oath, others one of Allah’s names. A narration from Ibn Abbas says it means “O human being!”
Reflect
Begin the surah as if you are being called: “O human being!”
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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