(36:1) Ya, Seen. (36:2) By the wise Qur`an. (36:3) Indeed you, [O Muhammad], are from among the messengers, (36:4) On a straight path. (36:5) [This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful, (36:6) That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware. (36:7) Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe. (36:8) Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft. (36:9) And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see. (36:10) And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. (36:11) You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward. (36:12) 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. (36:13) And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it - (36:14) When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you." (36:15) They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies." (36:16) They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you, (36:17) And we are not responsible except for clear notification." (36:18) They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment." (36:19) They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people." (36:20) And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers. (36:21) Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.
