Quran Quote  :  The angel said: "Thus shall it be. Your Lord says: 'It is easy for Me; and We shall do so in order to make him a Sign for mankind and a mercy from Us. This has been decreed.' " - 19:21

Quran-36:12 Surah Ya-sin English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَكۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ فِيٓ إِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ

Transliteration:( Innaa Nahnu nuhyil mawtaa wa naktubu maa qaddamoo wa aasaarahum; wa kulla shai'in ahsainaahu feee Imaamim Mubeen )

12. Without doubt, we give life to the dead and we are noting down what they have sent forward [13] and what signs they have left behind [14]. And We have already kept counted everything in a Clear Book (15). (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(12) Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Ya-Sin Ayat 12 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

13. From this we understand that the works of the beloved servants of Allah Almighty are indeed His works. Observe, the recording of deeds is the work of the angels, but Allah Almighty says We are recording it.

 

 14. The charities of continuous reward, or had created beneficial and evil ways on which the latter people are acting.

From this, emerge two issues:

 

1. To originate a beneficial innovation is good and that of an evil innovation is evil. Therefore, they, too, are being written.

2. As long as people are acting upon these Customs, the originator will continue to accrue reward or punishment as has been stated in the Hadith Shareef. The reason for its revelation is stated as follows:

The Banu Salama was settled far from Masjid e Nabawi. They wished to leave their locality and settle near the sacred Mosque so that they could join the congregation for Salaah. quite easily. The Holy Prophet told them to remain in their homes because "your feet are being recorded". In this condition, this verse is Madinite (Tafseer Khazainul Irfaan). 

15. This means on the Divine Tablet. The reason for calling it an 'open book' is because it is open in front of the beloved servants of Allah Almighty

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Yaseen verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yaseen ayat 8 which provides the complete commentary from verse 8 through 12.

(36:12) We shall surely raise the dead to life and We record what they did and the traces of their deeds that they have left behind.[9] We have encompassed that in a Clear Book.

Ala-Maududi

(36:12) We shall surely raise the dead to life and We record what they did and the traces of their deeds that they have left behind.[9] We have encompassed that in a Clear Book.


9. This shows that three kinds of the entries are made in the conduct-book of men. First, whatever a person does, good or bad is entered in the divine register. Second, whatever impressions a man makes on the objects of his environment and on the limbs of his own body itself, become recorded, and all these impressions will at one time become so conspicuous that man’s own voice will become audible and the whole history of his ideas and intentions and aims and objects and the pictures of all of his good and bad acts and deeds will appear before him. Third, whatever influences he has left behind of his good and bad actions on his future generation, on his society and on mankind as a whole, will go on being recorded in his account as far as they reach and as long as they remain active and operative. The full record of the good and bad training given by him to his children, the good or evil that he has spread in the society, and its impact on mankind as a whole, will go on being maintained till the time that it goes on producing good or evil results in the world.

(12) Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

Surah Ya-Sin All Ayat (Verses)

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