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الملك
Al-Mulk
The Sovereignty30 Versesmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
✦
67:1
تَبَـٰ رَكَ
Blessed is
He
بِيَدِهِ
in Whose Hand
(is) the Dominion
وَهُوَ
and He
عَلَىٰ
(is) over
كُلِّ
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
All-Powerful
Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -
67:2
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
خَلَقَ
created
death
وَٱ لۡحَيَو ٰ ةَ
and life
لِيَبۡ لُوَكُمۡ
that He may test you
أَيُّكُمۡ
which of you
أَحۡسَنُ
(is) best
عَمَلاًۚ
(in) deed
And He
(is) the All-Mighty
the Oft-Forgiving
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
67:3
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
خَلَقَ
created
سَبۡ عَ
seven
سَمَـٰ وٰ تٍ
heavens
one above another
Not
تَرَىٰ
you see
فِى
in
خَلۡقِ
(the) creation
(of) the Most Gracious
مِن
any
fault
So return
the vision
هَلۡ
can
تَرَىٰ
you see
مِن
any
flaw
[And] who created seven heavens in layers.1 You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?
67:4
ثُمّ َ
Then
return
the vision
كَرَّتَيۡنِ
twice (again)
يَنق َلِبۡ
Will return
إِلَيۡكَ
to you
the vision
خَاسِئًا
humbled
while it
حَسِي رٌ
٤(is) fatigued
Then return [your] vision twice again.1 [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.
67:5
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
زَيَّنّ َا
We have beautified
the heaven
nearest
بِمَصَـٰ بِيحَ
with lamps
وَجَعَلۡنَـٰ هَا
and We have made them
رُجُومًا
(as) missiles
for the devils
وَأَعۡتَدۡ نَا
and We have prepared
لَهُمۡ
for them
عَذَابَ
punishment
(of) the Blaze
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils1 and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
67:6
وَلِلَّذِينَ
And for those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمۡ
in their Lord
عَذَابُ
(is the) punishment
جَهَنّ َمَۖ
(of) Hell
وَبِئۡسَ
and wretched is
the destination
And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.
67:7
إِذَآ
When
أُلۡقُواۡ
they are thrown
فِيهَا
therein
سَمِعُواۡ
they will hear
لَهَا
from it
شَهِيقًا
an inhaling
while it
تَفُو رُ
٧boils up
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.
67:8
تَكَادُ
It almost
تَمَيَّزُ
bursts
مِنَ
from
rage
كُلَّمَآ
Every time
أُلۡقِىَ
is thrown
فِيهَا
therein
فَوۡجٌ
a group
(will) ask them
خَزَنَتُهَآ
its keepers
أَلَمۡ
Did not
يَأۡتِكُمۡ
come to you
نَذِي رٌ
٨a warner
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
67:9
قَالُواۡ
They will say
بَلَىٰ
Yes
قَدۡ
indeed
جَا ٓءَنَا
came to us
نَذِيرٌ
a warner
but we denied
وَقُلۡنَا
and we said
مَا
Not
نَزَّلَ
has sent down
Allah
مِن
any
thing
إِنۡ
Not
أَنت ُمۡ
you (are)
إِلَّا
but
فِى
in
ضَلَـٰ لٍ
error
great
They will say, "Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allāh has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"
67:10
وَقَالُواۡ
And they will say
لَوۡ
If
كُنّ َا
we had
نَسۡمَعُ
listened
أَوۡ
or
نَعۡقِلُ
reasoned
مَا
not
كُنّ َا
we (would) have been
فِىٓ
among
أَصۡحَـٰ بِ
(the) companions
(of) the Blaze
And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
67:11
فَٱ عۡتَرَفُواۡ
Then they (will) confess
بِذَنۢب ِهِمۡ
their sins
فَسُحۡقًا
so away with
(the) companions
(of) the Blaze
And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation1 for the companions of the Blaze.
67:12
إِنّ َ
Indeed
those who
يَخۡشَوۡنَ
fear
رَبَّهُم
their Lord
unseen
لَهُم
for them
(is) forgiveness
and a reward
great
Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.
67:13
وَأَسِرُّواۡ
And conceal
قَوۡلَكُمۡ
your speech
أَوِ
or
proclaim
بِهِۦٓۖ
it
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, He
عَلِيمُۢ
(is the) All-Knower
of what (is in)
the breasts
And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
67:14
أَلَا
Does not
يَعۡلَمُ
know
مَنۡ
(the One) Who
خَلَقَ
created
وَهُوَ
And He
(is) the Subtle
the All-Aware
Does He who created not know,1 while He is the Subtle, the Aware?
67:15
هُوَ
He
(is) the One Who
جَعَلَ
made
لَكُمُ
for you
the earth
ذَلُولاً
subservient
so walk
فِى
in
مَنَاكِبِهَا
(the) paths thereof
وَكُلُواۡ
and eat
مِن
of
His provision
وَإِلَيۡهِ
and to Him
(is) the Resurrection
It is He who made the earth tame1 for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
67:16
ءَأَمِنت ُم
Do you feel secure
(from Him) Who
(is) in
the heaven
أَن
not
He will cause to swallow
بِكُمُ
you
the earth
فَإِذَا
when
هِىَ
it
تَمُو رُ
١٦sways
Do you feel secure that He who is above1 would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?2
67:17
أَمۡ
Or
أَمِنت ُم
do you feel secure
(from Him) Who
(is) in
the heaven
أَن
that
He will send
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
against you
حَاصِبًاۖ
a storm of stones
Then you would know
كَيۡفَ
how
نَذِي رِ
١٧(was) My warning
Or do you feel secure that He who is above would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.
67:18
وَلَقَدۡ
And indeed
كَذَّبَ
denied
those
مِن
from
before them
فَكَيۡفَ
and how
كَانَ
was
نَكِي رِ
١٨My rejection
And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
67:19
أَوَلَمۡ
Do not
يَرَوۡاۡ
they see
إِلَى
[to]
the birds
فَوۡقَهُمۡ
above them
صَـٰٓ فَّـٰ تٍ
spreading (their wings)
and folding
مَا
Not
يُمۡسِكُهُنّ َ
holds them
إِلَّا
except
the Most Gracious
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, He
بِكُلِّ
(is) of every
شَىۡءِۭ
thing
All-Seer
Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
67:20
أَمّ َنۡ
Who is
هَـٰ ذَا
this
the one
هُوَ
he
جُندٌ
(is) an army
for you
يَنص ُرُكُم
to help you
from
besides
the Most Gracious
إِنِ
Not
(are) the disbelievers
إِلَّا
but
فِى
in
غُرُو رٍ
٢٠delusion
Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.
67:21
أَمّ َنۡ
Who is
هَـٰ ذَا
this
the one
يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ
to provide you
إِنۡ
if
أَمۡسَكَ
He withheld
رِزۡقَهُۥ ۚ
His provision
بَل
Nay
لَّجُّواۡ
they persist
فِى
in
عُتُوٍّ
pride
and aversion
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
67:22
أَفَمَن
Then is he who
walks
مُكِبًّا
fallen
عَلَىٰ
on
وَجۡ هِهِۦٓ
his face
أَهۡدَىٰٓ
better guided
أَمّ َن
or (he) who
walks
سَوِيًّا
upright
عَلَىٰ
on
صِرٰ طٍ
(the) Path
Straight
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
67:23
قُلۡ
Say
هُوَ
He
(is) the One Who
أَنش َأَكُمۡ
produced you
وَجَعَلَ
and made
لَكُمُ
for you
the hearing
وَٱ لۡأَبۡ صَـٰ رَ
and the vision
وَٱ لۡأَفۡــِٔدَةَۖ
and the feelings
قَلِيلاً
Little
(is) what
تَشۡكُرُو نَ
٢٣you give thanks
Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful."
67:24
قُلۡ
Say
هُوَ
He
(is) the One Who
ذَرَأَكُمۡ
multiplied you
فِى
in
the earth
وَإِلَيۡهِ
and to Him
تُحۡشَرُو نَ
٢٤you will be gathered
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
67:25
وَيَقُولُونَ
And they say
مَتَىٰ
When
هَـٰ ذَا
(is) this
promise
إِن
if
you are
صَـٰ دِقِي نَ
٢٥truthful
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
67:26
قُلۡ
Say
إِنّ َمَا
Only
the knowledge
عِند َ
(is) with
Allah
وَإِنّ َمَآ
and only
أَنَاۡ
I am
نَذِيرٌ
a warner
clear
Say, "The knowledge is only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."
67:27
فَلَمّ َا
But when
رَأَوۡهُ
they (will) see it
زُلۡفَةً
approaching
(will be) distressed
وُجُوهُ
(the) faces
(of) those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
وَقِيلَ
and it will be said
هَـٰ ذَا
This
(is) that which
كُنت ُم
you used to
for it
تَدَّعُو نَ
٢٧call
But when they see it1 approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."2
67:28
قُلۡ
Say
أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ
Have you seen
إِنۡ
if
أَهۡلَكَنِىَ
destroys me
Allah
وَمَن
and whoever
(is) with me
أَوۡ
or
رَحِمَنَا
has mercy upon us
فَمَن
then who
(can) protect
the disbelievers
مِنۡ
from
عَذَابٍ
a punishment
أَلِي مٍ
٢٨painful
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered:1 whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
67:29
قُلۡ
Say
هُوَ
He
(is) the Most Gracious
ءَامَنّ َا
we believe
بِهِۦ
in Him
وَعَلَيۡهِ
and upon Him
تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ
we put (our) trust
فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ
So you will know
مَنۡ
who
هُوَ
(is) it
فِى
(that is) in
ضَلَـٰ لٍ
error
clear
Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."
67:30
قُلۡ
Say
أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ
Have you seen
إِنۡ
if
أَصۡبَحَ
becomes
مَا ٓؤُكُمۡ
your water
غَوۡرًا
sunken
then who
could bring you
water
flowing
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"