Surah Al-Mulk

Verse 67:1

تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِیْ بِیَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ؗ وَهُوَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرُ ۟ۙ

Tabaarakal laẓee bi-Yadihil MULK; wa-Huwa ʻalaa kulli shayʹiñ Q̣adeer:―

Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything.

Verse 67:2

لَّذِیْ خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَیٰوةَ لِیَبْلُوَكُمْ اَیُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ؕ وَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْغَفُوْرُ ۟ۙ

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣al Mawta wal-Ḥayaata liyabluwakum ʹayyukum ʹaḥsanu ʻamalaa; wa-Huwal ʻAzeezul G̣afoor;―

˹He is the One˺ Who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving.

Verse 67:3

الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ؕ مَا تَرٰی فِیْ خَلْقِ الرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْ تَفٰوُتٍ ؕ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ ۙ هَلْ تَرٰی مِنْ فُطُوْرٍ ۟

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣a sabʻa samaawaatiñ ṭibaaq̣aa: maa- taraa fee Khalq̣ir Raḥmaani miñ tafaawut. Farjiʻil baṣara hal taraa miñ fuṭoor?

˹He is the One˺ Who created seven heavens, one above the other. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most Compassionate. So look again: do you see any flaws?

Verse 67:4

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَیْنِ یَنْقَلِبْ اِلَیْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَّهُوَ حَسِیْرٌ ۟

S̤ummar jiʻil baṣara karratayni yañq̣alib ʹilaykal baṣaru khaasiʹañw wahuwa ḥaseer.

Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary.

Verse 67:5

وَلَقَدْ زَیَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْیَا بِمَصَابِیْحَ وَجَعَلْنٰهَا رُجُوْمًا لِّلشَّیٰطِیْنِ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِیْرِ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad zayyannas samaaaʹad dunyaa bimaṣaabeeḥa wa-jaʻalnaahaa rujoomal lishshayaaṭeeni wa-ʹaʻtadnaa lahum ʻaẓaabas Saʻeer.

And indeed, We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps, and made them ˹as missiles˺ for stoning ˹eavesdropping˺ devils, for whom We have also prepared the torment of the Blaze.

Verse 67:6

وَلِلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ؕ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِیْرُ ۟

Wa-lillaẓeena kafaroo bi-Rabbihim ʻAẓaabu Jahannam: wa-biʻsal maṣeer.

Those who disbelieve in their Lord will suffer the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination!

Verse 67:7

اِذَاۤ اُلْقُوْا فِیْهَا سَمِعُوْا لَهَا شَهِیْقًا وَّهِیَ تَفُوْرُ ۟ۙ

ʹIẓaaa ʹulq̣oo feehaa samiʻoo lahaa shaheeq̣añw wahiya tafoor,―

When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over,

Verse 67:8

تَكَادُ تَمَیَّزُ مِنَ الْغَیْظِ ؕ كُلَّمَاۤ اُلْقِیَ فِیْهَا فَوْجٌ سَاَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَاۤ اَلَمْ یَاْتِكُمْ نَذِیْرٌ ۟

Takaadu tamayyazu minal g̣ayz̤̣: kullamaaa ʹulq̣iya feehaa fawjuñ saʹalahum khazanatuhaaa ʹalam yaʹtikum Naẓeer?

almost bursting in fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did a warner not come to you?”

Verse 67:9

قَالُوْا بَلٰی قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِیْرٌ ۙ۬ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَیْءٍ ۖۚ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ كَبِیْرٍ ۟

Q̣aaloo balaa q̣ad jaaaʹanaa Naẓeer; fakaẓẓabnaa waq̣ulnaa maa- nazzalal laahu miñ shayʹ: ʹin ʹañtum ʹillaa fee ḍalaaliñ kabeer!

They will reply, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has revealed nothing. You are extremely astray.’”

Verse 67:10

وَقَالُوْا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِیْۤ اَصْحٰبِ السَّعِیْرِ ۟

Wa-q̣aaloo law kunnaa nasmaʻu ʹaw naʻq̣ilu maa- kunnaa feee ʹAṣḥaabis Saʻeer!

And they will lament, “If only we had listened and reasoned, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!”

Verse 67:11

فَاعْتَرَفُوْا بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ ۚ فَسُحْقًا لِّاَصْحٰبِ السَّعِیْرِ ۟

Faʻtarafoo biẓambihim: fasuḥq̣al liʹAṣḥaabis Saʻeer!

And so they will confess their sins. So away with the residents of the Blaze!

Verse 67:12

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَیْبِ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّاَجْرٌ كَبِیْرٌ ۟

ʹInnal laẓeena yakhshawna Rabbahum̃ bilg̣aybi lahum Mag̣firatuñw WaʹAjruñ kabeer.

Indeed, those in awe of their Lord without seeing Him will have forgiveness and a mighty reward.

Verse 67:13

وَاَسِرُّوْا قَوْلَكُمْ اَوِ اجْهَرُوْا بِهٖ ؕ اِنَّهٗ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ ۟

Wa-ʹasirroo q̣awlakum ʹawij haroo bih; ʹinnahoo ʻAleemum biẓaatiṣ ṣudoor.

Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.

Verse 67:14

اَلَا یَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ ؕ وَهُوَ اللَّطِیْفُ الْخَبِیْرُ ۟۠

ʹAlaa yaʻlamu man khalaq̣? Wa-Huwal Laṭeeful Khabeer.

How could He not know His Own creation? For He ˹alone˺ is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.

Verse 67:15

هُوَ الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ ذَلُوْلًا فَامْشُوْا فِیْ مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِهٖ ؕ وَاِلَیْهِ النُّشُوْرُ ۟

Huwal laẓee jaʻala lakumul ʹarḍa ẓaloolañ famshoo fee manaakibihaa wa-kuloo mir rizq̣ih: wa-ʹilayhin Nushoor.

He is the One Who smoothed out the earth for you, so move about in its regions and eat from His provisions. And to Him is the resurrection ˹of all˺.

Verse 67:16

ءَاَمِنْتُمْ مَّنْ فِی السَّمَآءِ اَنْ یَّخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا هِیَ تَمُوْرُ ۟ۙ

ʹA-ʹamiñtum mañ fis Samaaaʹi ʹañy yakhsifa bikumul ʹarḍa faʹiẓaa hiya tamoor?

Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up as it quakes violently?

Verse 67:17

اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ مَّنْ فِی السَّمَآءِ اَنْ یُّرْسِلَ عَلَیْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ؕ فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ كَیْفَ نَذِیْرِ ۟

ʹAm ʹamiñtum mañ fis Samaaaʹi ʹañy yursila ʻalaykum ḥaaṣibaa? Fasataʻlamoona kayfa naẓeer.

Or do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not unleash upon you a storm of stones. Only then would you know how ˹serious˺ My warning was!

Verse 67:18

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَیْفَ كَانَ نَكِیْرِ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad kaẓẓabal laẓeena miñ q̣ablihim fakayfa kaana nakeer?

And certainly those before them denied ˹as well˺, then how severe was My response!

Verse 67:19

اَوَلَمْ یَرَوْا اِلَی الطَّیْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صٰٓفّٰتٍ وَّیَقْبِضْنَ ؔؕۘ مَا یُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ بِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ بَصِیْرٌ ۟

ʹAwalam yaraw ʹilaṭ ṭayri fawq̣ahum ṣaaaffaatiñw Wayaq̣biḍn? Maa- yum-siku-hunna ʹillar Raḥmaan: ʹinnahoo bikulli shayʹim Baṣeer.

Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Most Compassionate. Indeed, He is All-Seeing of everything.

Verse 67:20

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَّكُمْ یَنْصُرُكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِ ؕ اِنِ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ اِلَّا فِیْ غُرُوْرٍ ۟ۚ

ʹAmman haaẓal laẓee huwa juñdul lakum yañṣurukum miñ doonir Raḥmaan? ʹInil kaafiroona ʹillaa fee g̣uroor.

Also, which ˹powerless˺ force will come to your help instead of the Most Compassionate? Indeed, the disbelievers are only ˹lost˺ in delusion.

Verse 67:21

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ یَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهٗ ۚ بَلْ لَّجُّوْا فِیْ عُتُوٍّ وَّنُفُوْرٍ ۟

ʹAmman haaẓal laẓee yarzuq̣ukum ʹin ʹamsaka Rizq̣ah? Bal lajjoo fee ʻutuwwiñw Wanufoor.

Or who is it that will provide for you if He withholds His provision? In fact, they persist in arrogance and aversion ˹to the truth˺.

Verse 67:22

اَفَمَنْ یَّمْشِیْ مُكِبًّا عَلٰی وَجْهِهٖۤ اَهْدٰۤی اَمَّنْ یَّمْشِیْ سَوِیًّا عَلٰی صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِیْمٍ ۟

ʹAfamañy yamshee mukibban ʻalaa wajhiheee ʹahdaaa ʹammañy yamshee sawiyyan ʻalaa Ṣiraaṭim Mustaq̣eem.

Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?

Verse 67:23

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِیْۤ اَنْشَاَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٕدَةَ ؕ قَلِیْلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُوْنَ ۟

Q̣ul Huwal laẓeee ʹañshaʹakum wa-jaʻala lakumus samʻa wal-ʹabṣaara wal-ʹafʹidah: q̣aleelam maa tashkuroon.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”

Verse 67:24

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِیْ ذَرَاَكُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَاِلَیْهِ تُحْشَرُوْنَ ۟

Q̣ul Huwal laẓee ẓaraʹakum fil ʹarḍi wa-ʹilayhi tuḥsharoon.

˹Also˺ say, “He is the One Who has dispersed you ˹all˺ over the earth, and to Him you will ˹all˺ be gathered.”

Verse 67:25

وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰی هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ ۟

Wa-yaq̣ooloona mataa haaẓal waʻdu ʹiñ kuñtum ṣaadiq̣een.

˹Still˺ they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”

Verse 67:26

قُلْ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۪ وَاِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

Q̣ul ʹinnamal ʻilmu ʻiñdal laah: wa-ʹinnamaaa ʹana Naẓeerum mubeen.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only sent with a clear warning.”

Verse 67:27

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِیْٓـَٔتْ وُجُوْهُ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَقِیْلَ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَدَّعُوْنَ ۟

Falammaa raʹawhu zulfatañ seeeʹat wujoohul laẓeena kafaroo wa-q̣eela haaẓal laẓee kuñtum̃ bihee taddaʻoon!

Then when they see the torment drawing near, the faces of the disbelievers will become gloomy, and it will be said ˹to them˺, “This is what you claimed would never come.”

Verse 67:28

قُلْ اَرَءَیْتُمْ اِنْ اَهْلَكَنِیَ اللّٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعِیَ اَوْ رَحِمَنَا ۙ فَمَنْ یُّجِیْرُ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اَلِیْمٍ ۟

Q̣ul ʹaraʹaytum ʹin ʹahlakaniyal laahu wa-mam maʻiya ʹaw raḥimanaa famañy yujeerul kaafireena min ʻAẓaabin ʹaleem.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Consider this: whether Allah causes me and those with me to die or shows us mercy, who will save the disbelievers from a painful punishment?”

Verse 67:29

قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمٰنُ اٰمَنَّا بِهٖ وَعَلَیْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ مَنْ هُوَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟

Q̣ul Huwar Raḥmaanu ʹaamannaa bihee wa-ʻalayhi tawakkalnaa: fasataʻlamoona man huwa fee ḍalaalim mubeen.

Say, “He is the Most Compassionate—in Him ˹alone˺ we believe, and in Him ˹alone˺ we trust. You will soon know who is clearly astray.”

Verse 67:30

قُلْ اَرَءَیْتُمْ اِنْ اَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ یَّاْتِیْكُمْ بِمَآءٍ مَّعِیْنٍ ۟۠

Q̣ul ʹaraʹaytum ʹin ʹaṣbaḥa maaaʹukum g̣awrañ famañy yaʹteekum̃ bimaaaʹim maʻeen?

Say, “Consider this: if your water were to sink ˹into the earth˺, then who ˹else˺ could bring you flowing water?”