Yā Sīn
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.25|Double-page with illuminated frames marking the start of Chapter Ya-Sin in a Malays (ethnic group)|Malay Qur'an manuscript from Patani. Despite the special significance of in lives of all Muslims, "this is the only Southeast Asian Qur'an manuscript known in which the beginning of Surat Yasin is marked with illuminated frames". 2nd half of the 19th century. [[British Library]]
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"Yā Sīn" is the 36th chapter of the Qur'an that holds special significance in Muslim life and practice. It is considered important enough that Southeast Asian Islamic manuscripts sometimes marked its beginning with illuminated frames, as seen in this rare 19th-century Malay Qur'an now held in the British Library.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 36
- Surah.number 3
- 036
- Surah.name
- Yā`Sīn
- Surah.name ar
- يٰسٓ
- Surah.name en
- Yāʾ Sīn
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 35
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 37
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 22 to 23
- Surah.rukus
- 5
- Surah.verses
- 83
- Surah.words
- 730
- Surah.letters
- 2988
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thumb|upright=1.25|Double-page with illuminated frames marking the start of Chapter Ya-Sin in a Malays (ethnic group)|Malay Qur'an manuscript from Patani. Despite the special significance of in lives of all Muslims, "this is the only Southeast Asian Qur'an manuscript known in which the beginning of Surat Yasin is marked with illuminated frames". 2nd half of the 19th century. [[British Library]]
Yā Sīn (also pronounced as Yaseen; , ; the letters 'Yā'' and 'Sīn') is the 36th chapter of the Quran. It has 83 verses (). It is regarded an earlier "Meccan surah". Some scholars maintain that verse 12 is from the Medinan period. While the surah begins in Juz' 22, most of it is in Juz' 23.