Ya-Sin 36:13
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 441
The Story of a Town
وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ إِذۡ جَآءَهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ١٣
Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Give them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it.
Insight
Elmalılı sees this story as an example of the great change promised to the Prophet: just as pagan Rome faded before Christianity, so powers would fall before Islam. That is why it fits to call this story “the heart of Ya-Sin”.
Reflect
Recall a good thing that came after a hard time.
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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