1. Ya Sin.

2. By the wise record,

3. Lo! thou art of those sent

4. On a straight path,

5. A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,

6. That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.

7. Already hath the judgment, for their infidelity proved true of most of them, for they believe not.

8. Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.

9. And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and thus have covered them so that they see not.

10. Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.

11. Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.

12. Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register.

13. Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent from God came unto them;

14. When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.

15. They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!

16. They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,

17. And our duty is but plain conveyance of the message.

18. The people of the city said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.

19. They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded of the truth? Nay, but ye are froward folk!

20. And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!

21. Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.

22. For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back?

23. Shall I take other gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save?

24. Then truly I should be in error manifest.

25. Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!

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What is Scripture?

Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

Traditions Represented

The collection spans Abrahamic, East Asian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Finnish, and Norse traditions. It includes King James biblical text and Apocrypha, Pickthall's Quran, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Legge's Four Books, Tao Te Ching, and Book of Poetry, Chamberlain's Kojiki, West's Bundahishn, Kern's Lotus Sutra, Haug and West's Arda Viraf, Crawford's Kalevala, and Bellows' Poetic Edda.

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