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Bismillah!
FOREWORD
(By Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah)
Praise be to God, and'His blessIngs and inclination to the Prophet! It is an honour and gSura Ya-Sin of the Holy Qur'an, the fac-simlle reproduction of the oldest extant MS existing in the world, the one prepared for the
3rd Caliph the Doubly illustreous Sayidina 'Uthnmn (Osman) Dw'n-Nurain, thanks to whose efforts we possess a Qur'anic text which
has no variants. and whIch has remained so since fourteen hundred years. For his services to Islam, the Holy Prophet loved him
so much that he gave him one after the other two of his daughters, and when the second also dIed, he exclaimed: Had I now a daughter,
I would give him. The Holy Prophet appreciated his actions so much that one day he went as far as saymg: From now on. you can
do anything ynu like, God has pardoned your sms and you wIll go to Paradise.
Ya-Sin is the title of the 36th sura of the Holy QUr"an. In fOCI, along with Ta-Ha, thIS is a "pet name" with which God calls His
beloved Prophet.
As to the importance of this Sura, the Holy Prophet has said that "the Sura Ya-Sin is the heart of the Quran." The late Maulana
Maududi understands thereby that a throbbing heart is a sign of life And in this most important Sura, there are the principal teachings
oflslam: unicity of God and the Resurrection and Last Judgement, These unknowable realities are laught there, and those who mock
it are reminded thai there will be a terrible punishment to them in the Hereafter. The menace concerns also those pagans who persecute
thc Prophet who eommunlcates this dIvinely inspired teaching.
Although unknowable to man, the unicJty orGod and the LIfe after death are things which are a necessity. and will hecome cvident
to any persons who meditates on what exists around hIm of the creation of the Almighty. The truthfulness of the Prophet will also
be evident by the simple fact that hIS work IS seltless, and he is acceptmg even the hardesl persecution for the g()(xl of the others,
seeking absolulely nothing for himself thereby.
There is a son of encouragement to the Prophet when it is menlioned that there have been mher prophets also before him, and
they mo were persecuted by stupId pagans, and never failed in their mission.
Rare scientiflc knowledge is also there, such as the fire from the green trees (not dried wood). By research, man learns daily new
things, 'in what God has created, and profits thereby.
The Holy Prophet has also recommended that this Sura should be read before a man on his death-hed. That means, reminding
him the basic teachings of Islam; and nothing is too late to rectify him the basic teachings of Islam; and nothing is too late to rectify
the mIschief one has committed m one's life.
As to the MS whieh we are reproducing, it is from the Tashkent copy. it has suffered much during the lasl centuries. Already
al the time when the Czarls regime of Russia made its fac-simile edition. many pages were lacking, induding the Sura Ya-Sin. Fortunately
it was photographed before gettlllg lost. and published in India. This helps us to remedy partially in the edition we are making of
the Tashkent fac-simile edition. Praise be 10 the Almighty.
Paris
Ramazan 27. 1408
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FOREWORD
(By Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah)
Praise be to God, and'His blessIngs and inclination to the Prophet! It is an honour and g
3rd Caliph the Doubly illustreous Sayidina 'Uthnmn (Osman) Dw'n-Nurain, thanks to whose efforts we possess a Qur'anic text which
has no variants. and whIch has remained so since fourteen hundred years. For his services to Islam, the Holy Prophet loved him
so much that he gave him one after the other two of his daughters, and when the second also dIed, he exclaimed: Had I now a daughter,
I would give him. The Holy Prophet appreciated his actions so much that one day he went as far as saymg: From now on. you can
do anything ynu like, God has pardoned your sms and you wIll go to Paradise.
Ya-Sin is the title of the 36th sura of the Holy QUr"an. In fOCI, along with Ta-Ha, thIS is a "pet name" with which God calls His
beloved Prophet.
As to the importance of this Sura, the Holy Prophet has said that "the Sura Ya-Sin is the heart of the Quran." The late Maulana
Maududi understands thereby that a throbbing heart is a sign of life And in this most important Sura, there are the principal teachings
oflslam: unicity of God and the Resurrection and Last Judgement, These unknowable realities are laught there, and those who mock
it are reminded thai there will be a terrible punishment to them in the Hereafter. The menace concerns also those pagans who persecute
thc Prophet who eommunlcates this dIvinely inspired teaching.
Although unknowable to man, the unicJty orGod and the LIfe after death are things which are a necessity. and will hecome cvident
to any persons who meditates on what exists around hIm of the creation of the Almighty. The truthfulness of the Prophet will also
be evident by the simple fact that hIS work IS seltless, and he is acceptmg even the hardesl persecution for the g()(xl of the others,
seeking absolulely nothing for himself thereby.
There is a son of encouragement to the Prophet when it is menlioned that there have been mher prophets also before him, and
they mo were persecuted by stupId pagans, and never failed in their mission.
Rare scientiflc knowledge is also there, such as the fire from the green trees (not dried wood). By research, man learns daily new
things, 'in what God has created, and profits thereby.
The Holy Prophet has also recommended that this Sura should be read before a man on his death-hed. That means, reminding
him the basic teachings of Islam; and nothing is too late to rectify him the basic teachings of Islam; and nothing is too late to rectify
the mIschief one has committed m one's life.
As to the MS whieh we are reproducing, it is from the Tashkent copy. it has suffered much during the lasl centuries. Already
al the time when the Czarls regime of Russia made its fac-simile edition. many pages were lacking, induding the Sura Ya-Sin. Fortunately
it was photographed before gettlllg lost. and published in India. This helps us to remedy partially in the edition we are making of
the Tashkent fac-simile edition. Praise be 10 the Almighty.
Paris
Ramazan 27. 1408
2
