Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
1 Yā Sīn!
2 By the Wise 1 Qur’ān,
3 you are indeed one of the apostles,
4 on a straight path.
5 [It is a scripture] sent down gradually
from the All-mighty, the All-merciful
6 that you may warn a people
whose fathers were not warned,2
so they are oblivious.
7 The word has certainly become due
against most of them,
so they will not have faith.
8 Indeed We have put iron collars around their necks,
which are up to the chins,
so their heads are upturned.3
9 And We have put a barrier before them
and a barrier behind them,
then We have blind-folded them,
so they do not see.
10 It is the same to them
whether you warn them or do not warn them,
they will not have faith.
11 You can only warn someone
who follows the Reminder 4
and fears the All-beneficent in secret;
so give him the good news of forgiveness
