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66. At-Tahrim No. 67 68. Al-Qalam

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Pillar VI - Nature & Universe
سُوْرَةُ الْمُلْكِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Movement 1 * Verses 1–14 Section 1 of 2

Section 1: Verses 1–14

Thematic progression across verses 1–14

67:1 Juz 29 * Page 562

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرٌ 1

Tabaarakal lazee biyadihil mulku wa huwa 'alaa kulli shai-in qadeer

تَبَٰرَكَ Blessed is
ٱلَّذِى He
بِيَدِهِ in Whose Hand
ٱلْمُلْكُ (is) the Dominion,
وَهُوَ and He
عَلَىٰ (is) over
كُلِّ every
شَىْءٌ thing
قَدِيرٍ All-Powerful.

Blessed is He in whose hand is the sovereignty, and Who has power over everything

67:2 Juz 29 * Page 562

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلࣰ اۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ 2

Allazee khalaqal mawta walhayaata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu 'amalaa; wa huwal 'azeezul ghafoor

ٱلَّذِى The One Who
خَلَقَ created
ٱلْمَوْتَ death
وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ and life
لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ that He may test you,
أَيُّكُمْ which of you
أَحْسَنُ (is) best
عَمَلًا (in) deed.
وَهُوَ And He
ٱلْعَزِيزُ (is) the All-Mighty,
ٱلْغَفُورُ the Oft-Forgiving.

He who created death and life—to test you—as to which of you is better in conduct. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving

67:3 Juz 29 * Page 562

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتࣲ طِبَاقࣰ اۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتࣲۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورࣲ‏ 3

Allazee khalaqa sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqam maa taraa fee khalqir rahmaani min tafaawutin farji'il basara hal taraa min futoor

ٱلَّذِى The One Who
خَلَقَ created
سَبْعَ seven
سَمَٰوَٰتٌ heavens
طِبَاقًا one above another.
مَّا Not
تَرَىٰ you see
فِى in
خَلْقِ (the) creation
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ (of) the Most Gracious
مِن any
تَفَٰوُتٌ fault.
فَٱرْجِعِ So return
ٱلْبَصَرَ the vision,
هَلْ can
تَرَىٰ you see
مِن any
فُطُورٌ flaw?

He who created seven heavens in layers. You see no discrepancy in the creation of the Compassionate. Look again. Can you see any cracks

67:4 Juz 29 * Page 562

ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئࣰ ا وَهُوَ حَسِيرࣱ‏ 4

Summar ji'il basara karrataini yanqalib ilaikal basaru khaasi'anw wa huwa haseer

ثُمَّ Then
ٱرْجِعِ return
ٱلْبَصَرَ the vision
كَرَّتَيْنِ twice (again).
يَنقَلِبْ Will return
إِلَيْكَ to you
ٱلْبَصَرُ the vision
خَاسِئًا humbled
وَهُوَ while it
حَسِيرٍ (is) fatigued.

Then look again, and again, and your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted

67:5 Juz 29 * Page 562

وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا رُجُومࣰ ا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ 5

Wa laqad zaiyannas samaaa'ad dunyaa bimasaa beeha wa ja'alnaahaa rujoomal lish shayaateeni wa a'tadnaa lahum 'azaabas sa'eer

وَلَقَدْ And certainly
زَيَّنَّا We have beautified
ٱلسَّمَاۡءَ the heaven
ٱلدُّنْيَا nearest
بِمَصَٰبِيحَ with lamps,
وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا and We have made them
رُجُومًا (as) missiles
لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ for the devils,
وَأَعْتَدْنَا and We have prepared
لَهُمْ for them
عَذَابَ punishment
ٱلسَّعِيرِ (of) the Blaze.

We have adorned the lower heaven with lanterns, and made them missiles against the devils; and We have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze

67:6 Juz 29 * Page 562

وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ 6

Wa lillazeena kafaroo bi rabbihim 'azaabu jahannama wa bi'sal maseer

وَلِلَّذِينَ And for those who
كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمْ in their Lord
عَذَابُ (is the) punishment
جَهَنَّمَ (of) Hell,
وَبِئْسَ and wretched is
ٱلْمَصِيرُ the destination.

For those who reject their Lord, there is the torment of Hell. What an evil destination

67:7 Juz 29 * Page 562

إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ فِيهَا سَمِعُواْ لَهَا شَهِيقࣰ ا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ 7

Izaaa ulqoo feehaa sami'oo lahaa shaheeqanw wa hiya tafoor

إِذَاۡ When
أُلْقُوا۟ they are thrown
فِيهَا therein,
سَمِعُوا۟ they will hear
لَهَا from it
شَهِيقًا an inhaling
وَهِىَ while it
تَفُورُ boils up.

When they are thrown into it, they will hear it roaring, as it seethes

67:8 Juz 29 * Page 562

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيۡظِۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلۡقِيَ فِيهَا فَوۡجࣱ سَأَلَهُمۡ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ‏ 8

Takaadu tamayyazu minal ghaizi kullamaaa uliqya feehaa fawjun sa alahum khazanatuhaaa alam yaatikum nazeer

تَكَادُ It almost
تَمَيَّزُ bursts
مِنَ from
ٱلْغَيْظِ rage.
كُلَّمَاۡ Every time
أُلْقِىَ is thrown
فِيهَا therein
فَوْجٍ a group,
سَأَلَهُمْ (will) ask them
خَزَنَتُهَاۡ its keepers,
أَلَمْ "Did not
يَأْتِكُمْ come to you
نَذِيرٍ a warner?"

It almost bursts with fury. Every time a batch is thrown into it, its keepers will ask them, “Has no warner come to you?”

67:9 Juz 29 * Page 562

قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرࣱ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ كَبِيرࣲ‏ 9

Qaaloo balaa qad jaaa'anaa nazeerun fakazzabnaa wa qulnaa maa nazzalal laahu min shai in in antum illaa fee dalaalin kabeer

قَالُوا۟ They will say
بَلَىٰ "Yes,
قَدْ indeed
جَاۡءَنَا came to us
نَذِيرٍ a warner,
فَكَذَّبْنَا but we denied
وَقُلْنَا and we said,
مَا "Not
نَزَّلَ has sent down
ٱللَّهُ Allah
مِن any
شَىْءٌ thing.
إِنْ Not
أَنتُمْ you (are)
إِلَّا but
فِى in
ضَلَٰلٌ error
كَبِيرٌ great."

They will say, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we disbelieved, and said, ‘God did not send down anything; you are very much mistaken.’”

67:10 Juz 29 * Page 562

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ 10

Wa qaaloo law kunnaa nasma'u awna'qilu maa kunnaa feee as haabis sa'eer

وَقَالُوا۟ And they will say,
لَوْ "If
كُنَّا we had
نَسْمَعُ listened
أَوْ or
نَعْقِلُ reasoned,
مَا not
كُنَّا we (would) have been
فِىۡ among
أَصْحَٰبِ (the) companions
ٱلسَّعِيرِ (of) the Blaze."

And they will say, “Had we listened or reasoned, we would not have been among the inmates of the Blaze.”

67:11 Juz 29 * Page 562

فَٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقࣰ ا لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ 11

Fa'tarafoo bizambihim fasuhqal li as haabis sa'eer

فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ Then they (will) confess
بِذَنۢبِهِمْ their sins,
فَسُحْقًا so away with
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ (the) companions
ٱلسَّعِيرِ (of) the Blaze.

So they will acknowledge their sins. So away with the inmates of the Blaze

67:12 Juz 29 * Page 562

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةࣱ وَأَجۡرࣱ كَبِيرࣱ‏ 12

Innal lazeena yakhshawna rabbahum bilghaibi lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun kabeer

إِنَّ Indeed,
ٱلَّذِينَ those who
يَخْشَوْنَ fear
رَبَّهُم their Lord
بِٱلْغَيْبِ unseen,
لَهُم for them
مَّغْفِرَةٍ (is) forgiveness
وَأَجْرٍ and a reward
كَبِيرٍ great.

As for those who fear their Lord in secret—for them is forgiveness and a great reward

67:13 Juz 29 * Page 563

وَأَسِرُّواْ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُواْ بِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ 13

Wa asirroo qawlakum awijharoo bihee innahoo 'aleemum bizaatis sudoor

وَأَسِرُّوا۟ And conceal
قَوْلَكُمْ your speech
أَوِ or
ٱجْهَرُوا۟ proclaim
بِهِۧۡ it.
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, He
عَلِيمٍۢ (is the) All-Knower
بِذَاتِ of what (is in)
ٱلصُّدُورِ the breasts.

Whether you keep your words secret, or declare them—He is Aware of the inner thoughts

67:14 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ 14

Alaa ya'lamu man khalaq wa huwal lateeful khabeer

أَلَا Does not
يَعْلَمُ know
مَنْ (the One) Who
خَلَقَ created?
وَهُوَ And He
ٱللَّطِيفُ (is) the Subtle,
ٱلْخَبِيرُ the All-Aware.

Would He not know, He Who created? He is the Refined, the Expert

Movement 2 * Verses 15–30 Section 2 of 2

Section 2: Verses 15–30

Thematic progression across verses 15–30

67:15 Juz 29 * Page 563

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولࣰ ا فَٱمۡشُواْ فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ 15

Huwal lazee ja'ala lakumul arda zaloolan famshoo fee manaakibihaa wa kuloo mir rizqihee wa ilaihin nushoor

هُوَ He
ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who
جَعَلَ made
لَكُمُ for you
ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth
ذَلُولًا subservient,
فَٱمْشُوا۟ so walk
فِى in
مَنَاكِبِهَا (the) paths thereof
وَكُلُوا۟ and eat
مِن of
رِّزْقِهِۧ His provision,
وَإِلَيْهِ and to Him
ٱلنُّشُورُ (is) the Resurrection.

It is He who made the earth manageable for you, so travel its regions, and eat of His provisions. To Him is the Resurgence

67:16 Juz 29 * Page 563

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ 16

A-amintum man fissamaaa'i aiyakhsifa bi kumul arda fa izaa hiya tamoor

ءَأَمِنتُم Do you feel secure
مَّن (from Him) Who
فِى (is) in
ٱلسَّمَاۡءِ the heaven
أَن not
يَخْسِفَ He will cause to swallow
بِكُمُ you
ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth
فَإِذَا when
هِىَ it
تَمُورُ sways?

Are you confident that the One in heaven will not cause the earth to collapse beneath you as it spins

67:17 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبࣰ اۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَيۡفَ نَذِيرِ 17

Am amintum man fissamaaa'i ai yursila 'alaikum haasiban fasata'lamoona kaifa nazeer

أَمْ Or
أَمِنتُم do you feel secure
مَّن (from Him) Who
فِى (is) in
ٱلسَّمَاۡءِ the heaven,
أَن that
يُرْسِلَ He will send
عَلَيْكُمْ against you
حَاصِبًا a storm of stones?
فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ Then you would know
كَيْفَ how
نَذِيرِ (was) My warning?

Or are you confident that the One in Heaven will not unleash against you a violent storm? Then you will know what My warning is like

67:18 Juz 29 * Page 563

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ 18

Wa laqad kazzabal lazeena min qablihim fakaifa kaana nakeer

وَلَقَدْ And indeed,
كَذَّبَ denied
ٱلَّذِينَ those
مِن from
قَبْلِهِمْ before them,
فَكَيْفَ and how
كَانَ was
نَكِيرِ My rejection.

Those before them also denied the truth; and how was My disapproval

67:19 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَٰٓفَّٰتࣲ وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءِۭ بَصِيرٌ 19

Awalam yaraw ilat tairi fawqahum saaaffaatinw wa yaqbidn; maa yumsikuhunna illaar rahmaan; innahoo bikulli shai im baseer

أَوَلَمْ Do not
يَرَوْا۟ they see
إِلَى [to]
ٱلطَّيْرِ the birds
فَوْقَهُمْ above them
صَٰۡفَّٰتٌ spreading (their wings)
وَيَقْبِضْنَ and folding?
مَا Not
يُمْسِكُهُنَّ holds them
إِلَّا except
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ the Most Gracious.
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, He
بِكُلِّ (is) of every
شَىْءٌۭ thing
بَصِيرٍ All-Seer.

Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading their wings, and folding them? None holds them except the Compassionate. He is Perceiver of everything

67:20 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ جُندࣱ لَّكُمۡ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ 20

Amman haazal lazee huwa jundul lakum yansurukum min doonir rahmaan; inilkaafiroona illaa fee ghuroor

أَمَّنْ Who is
هَٰذَا this,
ٱلَّذِى the one,
هُوَ he
جُندٍ (is) an army
لَّكُمْ for you
يَنصُرُكُم to help you
مِّن from
دُونِ besides
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ the Most Gracious?
إِنِ Not
ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ (are) the disbelievers
إِلَّا but
فِى in
غُرُورٌ delusion.

Or who is this who is a force for you to protect you against the Compassionate? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion

67:21 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوࣲّ وَنُفُورٍ 21

Amman haazal lazee yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqah; bal lajjoo fee 'utuwwinw wa nufoor

أَمَّنْ Who is
هَٰذَا this,
ٱلَّذِى the one,
يَرْزُقُكُمْ to provide you
إِنْ if
أَمْسَكَ He withheld
رِزْقَهُۥ His provision.
بَل Nay,
لَّجُّوا۟ they persist
فِى in
عُتُوٌّ pride
وَنُفُورٌ and aversion.

Or who is this that will provide for you, if He withholds His provision? Yet they persist in defiance and aversion

67:22 Juz 29 * Page 563

أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ‏ 22

Afamai yamshee mukibban 'alaa wajhihee ahdaaa ammany yamshee sawiyyan 'alaa siratim mustaqeem

أَفَمَن Then is he who
يَمْشِى walks
مُكِبًّا fallen
عَلَىٰ on
وَجْهِهِۧۡ his face
أَهْدَىٰۡ better guided,
أَمَّن or (he) who
يَمْشِى walks
سَوِيًّا upright
عَلَىٰ on
صِرَٰطٌ (the) Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٌ Straight?

Is he who walks bent on his own design better guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path

67:23 Juz 29 * Page 563

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ 23

Qul huwal lazee ansha akum wa ja'ala lakumus sam'a wal absaara wal af'idata qaleelam maa tashkuroon

قُلْ Say,
هُوَ "He
ٱلَّذِىۡ (is) the One Who
أَنشَأَكُمْ produced you
وَجَعَلَ and made
لَكُمُ for you
ٱلسَّمْعَ the hearing,
وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ and the vision
وَٱلْأَفْـِْدَةَ and the feelings.
قَلِيلًا Little
مَّا (is) what
تَشْكُرُونَ you give thanks."

Say, “It is He who produced you; and made for you the hearing, and the vision, and the organs. But rarely do you give thanks.”

67:24 Juz 29 * Page 563

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ 24

Qul huwal lazee zara akum fil ardi wa ilaihi tuhsharoon

قُلْ Say,
هُوَ "He
ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who
ذَرَأَكُمْ multiplied you
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth
وَإِلَيْهِ and to Him
تُحْشَرُونَ you will be gathered."

Say, “It is He who scattered you on earth, and to Him you will be rounded up.”

67:25 Juz 29 * Page 563

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ 25

Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen

وَيَقُولُونَ And they say,
مَتَىٰ "When
هَٰذَا (is) this
ٱلْوَعْدُ promise,
إِن if
كُنتُمْ you are
صَٰدِقِينَ truthful?"

And they say, “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”

67:26 Juz 29 * Page 563

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ‏ 26

Qul innamal 'ilmu 'indallaahi wa innamaaa ana nazeerum mubeen

قُلْ Say,
إِنَّمَا "Only
ٱلْعِلْمُ the knowledge
عِندَ (is) with
ٱللَّهِ Allah,
وَإِنَّمَاۡ and only
أَنَا۠ I am
نَذِيرٍ a warner
مُّبِينٍ clear."

Say, “Knowledge is with God, and I am only a clear warner.”

67:27 Juz 29 * Page 564

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةࣰ سِيٓـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ 27

Falaammaa ra-awhu zulfatan seee'at wujoohul lazeena kafaroo wa qeela haazal lazee kuntum bihee tadda'oon

فَلَمَّا But when
رَأَوْهُ they (will) see it
زُلْفَةً approaching,
سِيۡـَْتْ (will be) distressed
وُجُوهُ (the) faces
ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved,
وَقِيلَ and it will be said,
هَٰذَا "This
ٱلَّذِى (is) that which
كُنتُم you used to
بِهِۧ for it
تَدَّعُونَ call."

But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieved will turn gloomy, and it will be said, “This is what you used to call for.”

67:28 Juz 29 * Page 564

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمࣲ‏ 28

Qul ara'aytum in ahlaka niyal laahu wa mam ma'iya aw rahimanaa famai-yujeerul kaafireena min 'azaabin aleem

قُلْ Say,
أَرَءَيْتُمْ "Have you seen,
إِنْ if
أَهْلَكَنِىَ destroys me
ٱللَّهُ Allah
وَمَن and whoever
مَّعِىَ (is) with me
أَوْ or
رَحِمَنَا has mercy upon us,
فَمَن then who
يُجِيرُ (can) protect
ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ the disbelievers
مِنْ from
عَذَابٌ a punishment
أَلِيمٌ painful."

Say, “Have you considered? Should God make me perish, and those with me; or else He bestows His mercy on us; who will protect the disbelievers from an agonizing torment?”

67:29 Juz 29 * Page 564

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ‏ 29

Qul huwar rahmaanu aamannaa bihee wa 'alaihi tawakkalnaa fasata'lamoona man huwa fee dalaalim mubeen

قُلْ Say,
هُوَ "He
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ (is) the Most Gracious;
ءَامَنَّا we believe
بِهِۧ in Him,
وَعَلَيْهِ and upon Him
تَوَكَّلْنَا we put (our) trust.
فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ So you will know
مَنْ who
هُوَ (is) it
فِى (that is) in
ضَلَٰلٌ error
مُّبِينٌ clear."

Say, “He is the Compassionate. We have faith in Him, and in Him we trust. Soon you will know who is in evident error.”

67:30 Juz 29 * Page 564

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَآؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرࣰ ا فَمَن يَأۡتِيكُم بِمَآءࣲ مَّعِينِۭ 30

Qul ara'aytum in asbaha maaa'ukum ghawran famai yaateekum bimaaa'im ma'een

قُلْ Say,
أَرَءَيْتُمْ "Have you seen,
إِنْ if
أَصْبَحَ becomes
مَاۡؤُكُمْ your water
غَوْرًا sunken,
فَمَن then who
يَأْتِيكُم could bring you
بِمَاۡءٌ water
مَّعِينٌۭ flowing?"

Say, “Have you considered? If your water drains away, who will bring you pure running water?”

Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context

6 Narrations

Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Al-Mulk.

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #2974 Names Mulk

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْجُشَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ سُورَةً مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِرَجُلٍ حَتَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ وَهِيَ سُورَةُ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ ‏.‏

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Indeed there is a Surah in the Qur'an of thirty Ayat, which intercedes for a man until he is forgiven. It is Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #2975 Names Mulk

حَدَّثَنَا هُرَيْمُ بْنُ مِسْعَرٍ، - تِرْمِذِيٌّ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ ‏:‏ ‏(‏الم * تَنْزِيلُ ‏)‏ وَ ‏(‏ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ‏)‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ مِثْلَ هَذَا ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَ هَذَا ‏.‏ وَرَوَى زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ جَابِرٍ يَذْكُرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ إِنَّمَا أَخْبَرَنِيهِ صَفْوَانُ أَوِ ابْنُ صَفْوَانَ وَكَأَنَّ زُهَيْرًا أَنْكَرَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا هُرَيْمٌ بن مِسْعَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، قَالَ تَفْضُلاَنِ عَلَى كُلِّ سُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ بِسَبْعِينَ حَسَنَةً ‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) would not sleep until he recited Alif Lam Mim Tanzil and: Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk." This Hadith was reported similarly by more than one from Laith bin Abi Sulaim. Mughirah bin Muslim reported it from Abu Az-Zubair, from Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ) and it is similar to this. Zuhair reported it and said: "I said to Abu Az-Zubair: 'Did you hear Jabir mentioning this Hadith?' He said: 'Safwan or Ibn Safwan informed me of it.'" It is as if Zuhair rejected the idea that this Hadith was from Abu Az-Zubair from Jabir. (Another chain) with similar in meaning. (Another chain) that Tawus said: "They are seventy good merits more of virtue in it than every Surah in the Qur'an."

Sunan Ibn Majah #3522 Names Mulk

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْجُشَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ ‏{تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ}‏ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

"There is a surah in the Qur'an, with thirty verses, which will intercede for its companion (the one who recites it) until he is forgiven: Tabarakal-ladhi bi yadihil mulk (Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the Dominion)."

Riyadh as-Salihin (Imam al-Nawawi) #337 Names Al-Mulk

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ‏:‏‏"‏ من القرآن سورة ثلاثون آية شفعت لرجل حتى غفرت له ،وهي‏:‏ تبارك الذي بيده الملك ‏"‏‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه أبو داود والترمذي وقال ‏:‏‏"‏ حديث حسن ، وفي رواية أبي داود‏:‏ ‏"‏تشفع ‏"‏‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "There is a Surah in the Qur'an which contains thirty Ayat which kept interceding for a man until his sins are forgiven. This Surah is 'Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion.' (Surat Al-Mulk 67).".

Al-Kafi - Volume 1 (Usul al-Kafi) #44 Cites 67:29

Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)

44ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلالٍ مُبِينٍ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ حَيْثُ أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي فِي وَلايَةِ علي وَالائِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلالٍ مُبِينٍ كَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنْ تَلْوُوا أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا فَقَالَ إِنْ تَلْوُوا الامْرَ وَتُعْرِضُوا عَمَّا أُمِرْتُمْ بِهِ فَإِنَّ الله كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيراً وَفِي قَوْلِهِ فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِتَرْكِهِمْ وَلايَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَذاباً شَدِيداً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ الَّذِي كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ.

44. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Asbat from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from abu ‘Abdallah about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious. “You will soon know who is in manifest error” (67:29) This verse is addressed to those who refuse to acknowledge the Imam Ali’s Leadership with Divine Authority and the Imams after him that they are ‘in manifest error.’ Similarly they are addressed in this verse, “If you deviate from the truth in your testimony, or decline to give your testimony at all, know that God is Well Aware of what you do.” (4:135) the truth referred to is (Leadership with Divine Authority of the Imams They are also in the words of Allah. “We shall certainly make the unbelievers (in (Leadership with Divine Authority of Imam Ali suffer severe torment (in this world) and will punish them far worse than what they deserve for their deeds.” (41:27).”

Al-Kafi - Volume 1 (Usul al-Kafi) #67 Cites 67:27

Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)

67ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَاتِجِ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ قَالَ هَذِهِ نَزَلَتْ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ الَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا مَا عَمِلُوا يَرَوْنَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي أَغْبَطِ الامَاكِنِ لَهُمْ فَيُسِيءُ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ هذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ الَّذِي انْتَحَلْتُمِ اسْمَهُ.

67. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Jumhur from ’Isma‘il ibn Sahl from al-Qasim ibn ‘Urwa from abu al-Safatij from Zurara from abu Ja‘far about the words of Allah, the Most High. “When they see the torment approaching, the faces of the unbelievers will blacken and they will be told, “This is what you wanted to (experience)” (67:27). The Imam said, “This was revealed about Amir al-Mu’minin and his contemporaries who did what they to him. They will see Amir al-Mu’minin in such a position that will make them envious. This will cause their faces to show miserable. It will be said to them, “This is the one whose title ‘Amir al-Mu’minin’ you had assumed.”