| | Edward Henry Palmer 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, for He is mighty over all |
| 67:2 | | Who created death and life, to try you, which of you does best; for He is the mighty, the forgiving |
| 67:3 | | Who created seven heavens in stories; thou canst not see any discordance in the creation of the Merciful |
| 67:4 | | Why, look again! canst thou see a flaw? Then look again twice!- thy look shall return to thee driven back and dulled |
| 67:5 | | And we have adorned the lower heaven with lamps; and set them to pelt the devils with; and we have prepared for them the torment of the blaze |
| 67:6 | | And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of hell, and an evil journey shall it be |
| 67:7 | | When they shall be cast therein they shall hear its braying as it boils |
| 67:8 | | it will well-nigh burst for rage! Whenever a troop of them is thrown in, its treasurers shall ask them, 'Did not a warner come to you? |
| 67:9 | | They shall say, 'Yea! a warner came to us, and we called him liar, and said, "God has not sent down aught; ye are but in great error!" |
| 67:10 | | And they shall say, 'Had we but listened or had sense we had not been amongst the fellows of the blaze! |
| 67:11 | | And they will confess their sins; but 'Avaunt to the fellows of the blaze! |
| 67:12 | | Verily, those who fear their Lord in secret, for them is forgiveness and a great hire |
| 67:13 | | Speak ye secretly or openly, verily, He knows the nature of men's breasts |
| 67:14 | | Ay! He knows who created! for He is the subtle, the well-aware |
| 67:15 | | He it is who made the earth flat for you; so walk in the spacious sides thereof and eat of His provision; for unto Him the resurrection is |
| 67:16 | | Are ye sure that He who is in the heaven will not cleave the earth with you, and that it then shall quake |
| 67:17 | | Or are ye sure that He who is in the heaven will not send against you a heavy sand storm, and that ye then shall know how the warning was |
| 67:18 | | But those before them did call the apostles liars, and what a change it was |
| 67:19 | | Or have they not looked at the birds above them expanding their wings or closing them? - none holds them in except the Merciful One; for He on everything doth look |
| 67:20 | | Or who is this who will be a host for you, to help you against the Merciful?- the misbelievers are only in delusion |
| 67:21 | | Or who is this who will provide you if He hold back His provision? - Nay, but they persist in perverseness and aversion |
| 67:22 | | Is he who walks prone upon his face more guided than he who walks upright upon a straight path |
| 67:23 | | Say, 'It is He who produced you and made for you hearing and sight and hearts' - little is it that ye give thanks |
| 67:24 | | Say, 'It is He who sowed you in the earth, and unto Him shall ye be gathered! |
| 67:25 | | They say, 'When shall this threat be, if ye do speak the truth? |
| 67:26 | | Say, 'The knowledge is only with God; and I am but a plain warner! |
| 67:27 | | And when they see it nigh, sorry shall be the faces of those who misbelieve; and it shall be said, 'This is that for which ye used to call! |
| 67:28 | | Say, 'Have ye considered, whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we obtain mercy, yet who will protect the misbelievers from grievous torment? |
| 67:29 | | Say, 'He is the Merciful; we believe in Him, and upon Him do we rely; and ye shall shortly know who it is that is in obvious error! |
| 67:30 | | Say, 'Have ye considered if your waters on the morrow should have sunk, who is to bring you flowing water? |
