Section 2

[Yaa-Seen 36:13] And relate to them the signs of the people of the city - when two emissaries came to them.

[Yaa-Seen 36:14] When We had sent two towards them and they denied them both, so We fortified them with a third, and they all said, “Indeed we have been sent to you.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:15] They said, “You are nothing but mortals like us; the Most Gracious has not sent down anything - you are nothing but liars.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:16] They answered, “Our Lord knows that surely, without doubt, we have been sent towards you.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:17] “And our duty is nothing but to plainly convey (the message).”

[Yaa-Seen 36:18] They (the people of the city) said, “We think you are ominous; indeed, if you do not desist, we shall surely stone you to death, and you will surely face a grievous torture at our hands.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:19] They said, “Your evil omens are with you! What! You get annoyed for being advised? In fact you are a people who transgress the limits!”

[Yaa-Seen 36:20] And from the outermost part of the city came a man running; he said, “O my people! Obey those who have been sent.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:21] “Obey those who do not ask any fee from you, and they are on guidance.”

PART 23

[Yaa-Seen 36:22] “And what is the matter with me that I should not worship Him Who created me, whereas it is towards Him that you are to return?”

[Yaa-Seen 36:23] “What! Shall I appoint Gods other than Allah? So that if the Most Gracious should wish me any harm, their intercession would be of no use to me, nor would they be able to save me?”

[Yaa-Seen 36:24] “Undoubtedly, I am then in open error.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:25] “Indeed I have believed in your Lord, so heed me.”

[Yaa-Seen 36:26] It was said to him, “Enter Paradise”; he said, “If only my people knew!”

[Yaa-Seen 36:27] “The manner in which my Lord has pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones!”