Ya-Sin, verse 69

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1. And not wamā
2. We taught him ʿallamnāhu
3. [the] poetry l-shiʿ'ra
4. and not wamā
5. it is befitting yanbaghī
6. for him lahu
7. Not in
8. it huwa
9. (is) except illā
10. a Reminder dhik'run
11. and a Quran waqur'ānun
12. clear mubīnun

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 36:68.

Allah tells us that the longer the son of Adam lives, the more he becomes weak after being strong, and incapable after being able and active This is like the Ayah: اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ (Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave weakness and gray hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.) (30:54). And Allah says:…

• Verse 67 وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they could not move forward or backward.
• Verse 68 وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ If We extend anyone’s life, We reverse his development. Do they not use their reason?
• Verse 69
• Verse 70 لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ This is a revelation, an illuminating Quran to warn anyone who is truly alive, so that God’s verdict may be passed against the disbelievers.
• Verse 71 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَـٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَـٰلِكُونَ Can they not see how, among the things made by Our hands, We have created livestock they control,

• علم ʿayn lām mīm
• شعر shīn ʿayn rā
• بغي bā ghayn yā
• ذكر dhāl kāf rā
• قرا qāf rā alif
• بين bā yā nūn

• not poetry
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