Jewels of Qur'an Series: Surah Ya'sin Part 2

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

Part two of the Suarah Ya’sin Discourse – Shaykh Fadhalla presents how this surah presents the complete picture of the outer, the inner, the higher the lower and everything in between. The final segment of this surah is covered in the concluding three sections. The historical narrative of Isa’s Disciples, Antioch and the old man moves into a section of similitudes and symbols, patterns in nature and the celestial bodies, Shaykh Fadhlalla indicates how the universal and natural patterns and existences provide subtle hints and allusions to the way of Reality, providing answers to questions such as predestination and free will, deepening awareness of the profound integration and connectedness of all systems the macro links to the micro Everything follows it’s program human beings are in the melting pot of existence being groomed towards deeper awareness of the cosmic totally and what is the role and Duty of man. The next section describes the condition of the transformed being those who lived in awareness constantly correcting, attitude and intention. Those who have begun to experience the Garden as a contrast to those who have not fulfilled the primary duty in this life. Emphasizing the condition of people in the next life. In the final section Shyakh Fadhlalla summarizes Surah Yas’in but also the human story, existence as whole. The central themes are: The cyclical nature of life and dualities, the appropriate courtesy to life and the essential nature of the self. The purpose of the Journey is to yield to the soul, true awakening is a dynamic process of which we have a role to play but its fruition is a part of life unfolding arc. The Earth is the kindergarten of the Cosmic Author whose light engulfs ad energizes all known and unknown possibilities.