Ya-Sin

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As Yā-Sīn ( Arabic يس) is called the 36th sura of the Koran . It consists of 83 verses .

Designation and dating

The name of the sura follows the first verse of the 36th sura of the Koran, namely: Ya-Sin . So there are lettersي / Yāʾ andس / Sīn meant, which are pronounced the same in Arabic. The name of the sura is one of the so-called mysterious letters that stand at the beginning of a total of 29 Koran suras and the meaning of which has not yet been clearly clarified. The name Yasin is derived from the name of the sura and is often used in Islamic culture.

The time of origin of the sura lies around 615 to 620 and is thus assigned to the second period of the Meccan preaching of the Koran. Verse 36:46 is dated from Medina , according to current information from tradition ; Verse 36:12 is interpreted by at-Tirmidhī to refer to a tribe that lived in the vicinity of Medina. Tilman Nagel does not find these dates convincing. According to as-Suyūtī it can be assumed that verse 36:47 was written in Medina.

Content and reception

The sura is about the mission of Muhammad, the judgments, the omnipotence and the grace of God as well as the resurrection and retribution in the hereafter after the works.

The sura is recited by Muslims at death and burial, which makes its verses well known. They should give comfort to the believers and awaken in them hope in the mercy of God.

Extract from the translation

" In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful!"
1. YS (Ya Sin)
2. By wise Koran!
3. You are truly one of (God) envoy
4th and (find yourself) on a straight path.
5 . (He - that is, the Koran - is)
revealed from the Mighty and Merciful (as a revelation), 6. that you may warn (with him) people whose fathers have not (yet) been warned so that they suspect no evil.
7. But now the word (of predestination) has come true ( literally: come true ) to most of them , so that they do not believe.
8. We have put (as it were?) (Hands in) shackles around their necks and they go up to their chins, so that they hold up their heads (convulsively) (and are restrained in their activity.)
9. And we have built a wall (as it were) in front of them, and also behind them, and they
Covered up (from the front and back) so that they can't see anything. 10. It doesn't matter whether you warn them or not. They don't believe (one way or the other)
11. You can (with your message) only warn someone who follows the admonition and fears the Merciful in secret. But announce to him (that he will one day) forgiveness and excellent reward (to expect)!
12. We (alone) bring the dead back to life. And we write down what they did in the past and the traces they left (with their way of life). We have listed everything in a clear ledger (?). "

- 36: 1–12 according to Paret

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran Arabic - German, translation and scientific commentary ; Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1999. Volume 10, p. 559.
  2. ^ Tilman Nagel: Medinensische insertions in Makkanischen suras, Göttingen 1995, p. 72.
  3. ^ Adel Theodor Khoury: The Koran Arabic - German, translation and scientific commentary ; Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1999. Volume 10, p. 560
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