Ø Hence, the sentence flows with the following verses of the chapter – “Yaa-Sin, by the wise Qur’an, you are indeed one of the messengers” Yaasin is one of the names of the Holy Prophet (S), whose exact meaning is unknown to us. Ø The yaa is the Arabic vocative particle “Oh”, used in many Qur’anic verses like “Oh you who believe” (yaa ayyuhal ladheena aamanu), Ø The sin is an abbreviation for insaan = “human being”. Yaasin is an abbreviation of the statement “Oh human being” (Yaa Insaan). Ø Many different speculations have been made by scholars as to the meaning of these letters, but it suffices for this lesson, to understand these letters as a secret communication between Allah (SWT) and his chosen servants, the Ma’sumin (A), which we have no knowledge about. Ø Examples: “Alif, Laam, Mim” (Surat Baqarah) and “Kaaf, Haa, Yaa, Ayn, Saad” (Surat Maryam). These two letters are from the “Disjointed Letters” (al-huruf al-muqatta’aat) found in the beginning of 29 chapters of the Qur’an. The first verse of this chapter, “Yaa-Sin”, can be explained in one of three ways: 1.
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