‘Yasin’ is the chief of prophets...

‘Yasin’ is the chief of prophets, Muhammad (‘s) Also this Surah, which especially pertains to Muhammad, becomes the heart of Quran just as Muhammad himself is the heart of the world of existence. Of all its verses, the first verse of this Surah addresses Muhammad (‘s) as the chief of all divine messengers. The Holy Quran says on oath that he Muhammad (‘s) is among the True Messengers sent by the Almighty Allah.

After some verses, it is clearly stated that We (God) gave place to all manifest things and organized beforehand through the effort of the soul of Muhammad (‘s). The Holy Quran tells us that all the worlds of existence are wrapped up and placed in him; that the center and heart of the universe is Muhammad (‘s). Surah Yasin has all the themes of Quran Another noticeable point is that Surah Yasin has all the original themes of the entire Quran.

The basis of Quran is the knowledge of our coming to this world and about things to come after death in the Hereafter. The requisite of knowing God is the knowledge about God’s messengers. The trail of these aims has struggle against disbelievers and polytheists, arguments showing correctness of theists and wrongfulness of others and finally the stories of paradise and the people of paradise and the bounties therein as well as hell and hell dwellers and sorrows therein.

Throwing an overall glance at this leads us to conclude that the basic subjects of Quran are related to origin of life, the Hereafter and calling people towards religion and they have all come together in this Surah. Other things are the offshoots of these issues. Therefore, the heart of the Holy Quran are the verses of knowledge about God; that the Creator and Recaller is God and this Surah narrates them with explanation.

Argument of monotheism *** *** And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who brought me into existence? And to Him you shall be brought back…(36:22) *** *** The above verse is the statement of the believer of ‘Ilyaaseen’ in this Surah, which shows why one must worship Only One God, explaining that the only Manifester is One God towards Whom all are to return. Both the First creation and the hereafter are one and the same.

Then why shouldn’t we honor and accept the One Who has brought us from non-existence into existence and granted us every kind of bounty? Various kinds of foods are signs of God *** *** And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring forth from it grain so they eat of it.