Ihsan Center – Islam From The Heart

Continuing our look into the Sura Ya-Sin. The man from the far reaches of the city has told the people to listen to the prophets, and he himself says he believes so the people should listen to him. And because of his perception because of his ‘abd he is given a reward.

36.26 قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ

qela udkhul al-jannah qaala yaa layta qawm-e ya’lamon

It was said to him Enter Paradise. He said: Would that my people knew

Today we continue with our look into the inner meanings of Surah Ya Sin, the heart of the Quran. And after the three prophets had come to the city and the people they met at first rejected them and threatened them with stones there came another voice as Allah (SWT) says in the Quran

36.20 وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَى قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

36.13 وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا

بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ36.14

(13) WA- IDRIB LA-HUM MATHALAN AS.HAAB AL- QARYAH ‘IDH JAA’A -HAA AL- MURSALON

And tell them by way of a story of the Companions of the City. To whom there came apostles.

آنا جعلنا في آعناقهم آغلالا فهي آلي آلاذقان فهم مقمحون.36:8

‘INAA JA’ALNAA FE A’NAAQIHIM AGHLAALAN FA- HIYA ‘ILAA AL- ADHQAANI FAHUM MUQMAHOON

We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see)

When we do not accept the guidance of Allah (SWT) which is given with compassion and mercy what happens to us? We are in a state of sin and that sin is like a shackle around our necks ever burdening us and making our necks stiff. What is the image of a stiff necked person. That person is terribly hobbled. Unable to look around. In terms of the spirit, it too is hardened by this, the heart is made harder and harder and further from Allah (SWT) And remember these shackles are of our own making when we refuse to believe when we refuse to follow this guidance of Allah (SWT)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

يس
وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

ya-sin
wa-al- qur’an al- hakeem
‘inna -ka la- min al- mursalen
‘alaa siraat mustaqeem