The Thirty- Sixth

Surah Ya Sin (O Mankind) Mecca 41

The Quranic text and Ali’s Version

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً ...

36:53.  It will be no more than a single Blast,

C3999. Time and Space, as we know them here, will be no more. The whole gathering will be as in the twinkling of an eye.

Cf. 36:49 above.

... فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

when lo! they will all be brought up before Us!

Asad’s version

36:53 Nothing will there have been but one single blast - and lo! before Us will all of them be arraigned [and be told]:

Context verses

(36:48) And they add, "When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this] if you are men of truth!"

36:49 [And they are unaware that] nothing awaits them beyond a single blast [of God's punishment], 27 which will overtake them while they are still arguing [against resurrection):

(36:50) and so [sudden will be their end that] no testament will they be able to make, nor to their own people will they return!

(36:51) And [then] the trumpet [of resurrection] will be blown - and lo! out of their graves towards their Sustainer will they all rush forth!

36:52 They will say: "Oh, woe unto us! Who has roused us from our sleep [of death]?" [Whereupon they will be told:] "This is what the Most Gracious has promised! And His message-bearers spoke the truth!"