Surah 36 · verse 6
Ya-Sin 36:6
Sign in to listenلِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ
li-tundhir qawman ma undhira aba'uhum fa-hum ghafilun
That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Indeed you, [O Muhammad], are from among the messengers,
Verse 4عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
On a straight path.
Verse 5تَنزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ
That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.
Verse 8إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ
Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
Verse 9وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.