# 67. Surah Al-Mulk

> سورة الملك — The Sovereignty · 30 verses · Mushaf page: 562

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

تَبَارَكَ الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُۘ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌۙ

Tabaraka allathee biyadihialmulku wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Blessed be He in whose hand is the dominion — and He is over all things powerful —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

اَلَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيٰوةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ اَيُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاًۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفُورُۙ

Allathee khalaqa almawta walhayataliyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezualghafoor

Who created death and life, that He might try you, which of you is best in deed! And He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

اَلَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ طِبَاقاًۜ مَا تَرٰى ف۪ي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍۜ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَۙ هَلْ تَرٰى مِنْ فُطُورٍ

Allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatintibaqan ma tara fee khalqi arrahmanimin tafawutin farjiAAi albasara hal taramin futoor

Who created seven heavens in harmony. Thou seest not in the creation of the Almighty any imperfection. So return thou thy vision: seest thou any rifts?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ اِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئاً وَهُوَ حَس۪يرٌ

Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayniyanqalib ilayka albasaru khasi-an wahuwa haseer

Then return thou thy vision again and again! Thy sight will return to thee humbled and weary.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَٓاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَاب۪يحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُوماً لِلشَّيَاط۪ينِ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّع۪يرِ

Walaqad zayyanna assamaaaddunya bimasabeeha wajaAAalnaharujooman lishshayateeni waaAAtadna lahumAAathaba assaAAeer

And We have adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them what is thrown at the satans; and We have prepared for them the punishment of the Inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

وَلِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۜ  وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Walillatheena kafaroo birabbihim AAathabujahannama wabi/sa almaseer

And for those who deny their Lord is the punishment of Gehenna; and evil is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

اِذَٓا اُلْقُوا ف۪يهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَه۪يقاً وَهِيَ تَفُورُۙ

Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo lahashaheeqan wahiya tafoor

When they are cast therein, they hear its inhaling as it boils up,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اُلْقِيَ ف۪يهَا فَوْجٌ سَاَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ

Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythikullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuhaalam ya/tikum natheer

Almost bursting with rage. Whenever a crowd is cast therein, the keepers thereof ask them: “Came there not to you a warner?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

قَالُوا بَلٰى قَدْ جَٓاءَنَا نَذ۪يرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍۚ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ كَب۪يرٍ

Qaloo bala qad jaananatheerun fakaththabna waqulna manazzala Allahu min shay-in in antum illa fee dalalinkabeer

They will say: “Verily, a warner came to us, but we denied and said: ‘God has not sent down anything; you are only in great error.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا ف۪ٓي اَصْحَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu awnaAAqilu ma kunna fee as-habi assaAAeer

And they will say: “Had we listened, or used reason, we would not be among the companions of the Inferno.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنْبِهِمْۚ فَسُحْقاً لِاَصْحَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

FaAAtarafoo bithanbihim fasuhqanli-as-habi assaAAeer

And they will confess their transgression: — “So away with the companions of the Inferno!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَاَجْرٌ كَب۪يرٌ

Inna allatheena yakhshawna rabbahumbilghaybi lahum maghfiratun waajrun kabeer

Those who fear their Lord unseen, they have forgiveness and a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

وَاَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ اَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِه۪ۜ  اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahuAAaleemun bithati assudoor

Be you secret in your speech or proclaim it, He knows that which is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

اَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَۜ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ۟

Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefualkhabeer

Should He not know, He who created? And He is the Subtle, the Aware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ ذَلُولاً فَامْشُوا ف۪ي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِه۪ۜ  وَاِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardathaloolan famshoo fee manakibihawakuloo min rizqihi wa-ilayhi annushoor

He it is that made the earth responsive for you; so walk in the tracts thereof, and eat of His provision; and to Him is the Resurrection.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

ءَاَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُۙ

Aamintum man fee assama-i anyakhsifa bikumu al-arda fa-itha hiya tamoor

Do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not make the earth swallow you, the while it shakes?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ اَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباًۜ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذ۪يرِ

Am amintum man fee assama-ian yursila AAalaykum hasiban fasataAAlamoona kayfa natheer

Or do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not send against you a storm of stones? Then you will know how is My warning!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ

Walaqad kaththaba allatheenamin qablihim fakayfa kana nakeer

And those before them denied — then how was My rejection!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٓافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۜ اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَص۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer

Have they not seen the birds above them with wings outstretched and closing? None holds them but the Almighty. He sees all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمٰنِۜ اِنِ الْكَافِرُونَ اِلَّا ف۪ي غُرُورٍۚ

Amman hatha allathee huwajundun lakum yansurukum min dooni arrahmaniini alkafiroona illa fee ghuroor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will be a force for you to help you besides the Almighty!” — the false claimers of guidance are only in delusion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا ف۪ي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will provide for you if He withhold His provision!” — the truth is, they have persisted in scorn and aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

اَفَمَنْ يَمْش۪ي مُكِباًّ عَلٰى وَجْهِه۪ٓ  اَهْدٰٓى اَمَّنْ يَمْش۪ي سَوِياًّ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Afaman yamshee mukibban AAala wajhihiahda amman yamshee sawiyyan AAala siratinmustaqeem

Is then he who walks prone upon his face better guided, or he who walks evenly on a straight path?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

قُلْ هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Qul huwa allathee anshaakum wajaAAalalakumu assamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idataqaleelan ma tashkuroon

Say thou: “He it is that produced you and made for you hearing and sight and hearts; little are you grateful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذ۪ي ذَرَاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Qul huwa allathee tharaakumfee al-ardi wa-ilayhi tuhsharoon

Say thou: “He it is that created you in the earth, and to Him will you be gathered.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

And they say: “When is this promise, if you be truthful?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

قُلْ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۖ وَاِنَّمَٓا اَنَا۬ نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Qul innama alAAilmu AAinda Allahiwa-innama ana natheerun mubeen

Say thou: “The knowledge is but with God; and I am only a clear warner.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ زُلْفَةً س۪ٓيـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَق۪يلَ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي كُنْتُمْ بِه۪ تَدَّعُونَ

Falamma raawhu zulfatan see-atwujoohu allatheena kafaroo waqeela hatha allatheekuntum bihi taddaAAoon

Then when they see it approaching, the faces of those who ignore warning will be distressed, and it will be said: “This is that for which you called.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَهْلَكَنِيَ اللّٰهُ وَمَنْ مَعِيَ اَوْ رَحِمَنَاۙ فَمَنْ يُج۪يرُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Qul araaytum in ahlakaniya Allahuwaman maAAiya aw rahimana faman yujeeru alkafireenamin AAathabin aleem

Say thou: “Have you considered: if God destroys me and those with me, or has mercy on us, then who will protect the false claimers of guidance from a painful punishment?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمٰنُ اٰمَنَّا بِه۪ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۚ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Qul huwa arrahmanu amannabihi waAAalayhi tawakkalna fasataAAlamoona man huwa fee dalalinmubeen

Say thou: “He is the Almighty. We believe in Him, and in Him we place our trust. And you will come to know who is in manifest error.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَصْبَحَ مَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ غَوْراً فَمَنْ يَأْت۪يكُمْ بِمَٓاءٍ مَع۪ينٍ

Qul araaytum in asbaha maokumghawran faman ya/teekum bima-in maAAeen

Say thou: “Have you considered: if your water should become sunken, then who would bring you running water?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-30.md_

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