| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Sovereignty, Control, The Kingdom(al-Mulk)
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| 67:1 | | Blessed be He in whose hand is the Kingdom -- He is powerful over everything - |
| 67:2 | | who created death and life, that He might try you which of you is fairest in works; and He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving - |
| 67:3 | | who created seven heavens one upon another. Thou seest not in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze; seest thou any fissure |
| 67:4 | | Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary |
| 67:5 | | And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and made them things to stone Satans; and We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blaze |
| 67:6 | | And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there awaits the chastisement of Gehenna -- an evil homecoming |
| 67:7 | | When they are cast into it they will hear it sighing, the while it boil |
| 67:8 | | and wellnigh bursts asunder with rage. As often as a troop is cast into it, its keepers ask them, 'Came there no warner to you?' |
| 67:9 | | They say, 'Yes indeed, a warner came to us; but we cried lies, saying, "God has not sent down anything; you are only in great error |
| 67:10 | | They also say, 'If we had only heard, or had understood, we would not have been of the inhabitants of the Blaze. |
| 67:11 | | So they confess their sins. Curse the inhabitants of the Blaze |
| 67:12 | | Surely those who fear their Lord in the Unseen -- there awaits them forgiveness and a great wage |
| 67:13 | | Be secret in your speech, or proclaim it, He knows the thoughts within the breasts |
| 67:14 | | Shall He not know, who created? And He is the All-subtle, the All-aware |
| 67:15 | | It is He who made the earth submissive to you; therefore walk in its tracts, and eat of His provision; to Him is the Uprising |
| 67:16 | | Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, the while it rocks |
| 67:17 | | Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not loose against you a squall of pebbles, then you shall know how My warning is |
| 67:18 | | Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror |
| 67:19 | | Have they not regarded the birds above them spreading their wings, and closing them? Naught holds them but the All-merciful. Surely He sees everything |
| 67:20 | | Or who is this that shall be a host for you to help you, apart from the All-merciful? The unbelievers are only in delusion |
| 67:21 | | Or who is this that shall provide for you if He withholds His provision? No, but they persist in disdain and aversion |
| 67:22 | | What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path |
| 67:23 | | Say: 'It is He who produced you, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts; little thanks you show! |
| 67:24 | | Say: 'It is He who scattered you in the earth, and unto Him you shall be mustered. |
| 67:25 | | They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak truly? |
| 67:26 | | Say: 'The knowledge is with God; I am only a clear warner. |
| 67:27 | | Then, when they see it nigh at hand, the faces of the unbelievers will be vexed, and it will be said, 'This is what you were promised. |
| 67:28 | | Say: 'What think you? If God destroys me and those with me, or has mercy on us, then who will protect the unbelievers from a painful chastisement? |
| 67:29 | | Say: 'He is the All-merciful. We believe in Him, and in Him we put all our trust. Assuredly, you will soon, know who is in manifest error |
| 67:30 | | Say: 'What think you? If in the morning your water should have vanished into the earth, then who would bring you running water? |
