Surah 36 · verse 26
Ya-Sin 36:26
Sign in to listenقِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ
qil udkhul al-jannah qal ya layt qawm ya'lamun
It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know
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Context in the surah
أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ
Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?
Verse 24إِنِّي إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.
Verse 25إِنِّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ
Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."
قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ
It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know
بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ
Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."
Verse 28وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ
And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.
Verse 29إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ
It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.