| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah The Sovereignty, Control, The Kingdom(al-Mulk)
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| 67:1 | | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom, and He is Possessor of power over all things |
| 67:2 | | Who created death and life that He might try you -- which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiving |
| 67:3 | | Who created the seven heavens alike. Thou seest no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent. Then look again: Canst thou see any disorder |
| 67:4 | | Then turn the eye again and again -- thy look will return to thee confused, while it is fatigued |
| 67:5 | | And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We make them means of conjectures for the devils, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning |
| 67:6 | | And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the chastisement of hell, and evil is the resort |
| 67:7 | | When they are cast therein, they will hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves |
| 67:8 | | Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keepers ask them: Did not a warner come to you |
| 67:9 | | They say: Yea, indeed a warner came to us, but we denied and said: Allah has revealed nothing; you are only in great error |
| 67:10 | | And they say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning Fire |
| 67:11 | | Or who is it that will give you sustenance, if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay, they persist in disdain and aversion |
| 67:12 | | Thus they will confess their sins; so far (from good) are the inmates of the burning Fire |
| 67:13 | | Those who fear their Lord in secret, for them is surely forgiveness and a great reward |
| 67:14 | | And conceal your word or manifest it, truly He is Knower of that which is in the hearts |
| 67:15 | | Does He not know Who created? And He is the Knower of subtilties, the Aware |
| 67:16 | | He it is Who made the earth subservient to you, so go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance. And to Him is the rising (after death) |
| 67:17 | | Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it will shake |
| 67:18 | | Or do you feel secure that He Who is in the Heaven will not send on you a violent wind? Then shall you know how (truthful) was My warning |
| 67:19 | | And certainly those before them denied, then how (terrible) was My disapproval |
| 67:20 | | Do they not see the birds above them spreading and contracting (their wings)? Naught upholds them save the Beneficent. Surely He is Seer of all things |
| 67:21 | | Or who is it that will be a host for you to help you against the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but delusion |
| 67:22 | | Is, then, he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path |
| 67:23 | | Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you ears and eyes and hearts. Little thanks it is you give |
| 67:24 | | Say: He it is Who multiplies you in the earth and to Him you will be gathered |
| 67:25 | | And they say: When will this threat be (executed), if you are truthful |
| 67:26 | | Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner |
| 67:27 | | But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be grieved, and it will be said: This is that which you used to call for |
| 67:28 | | Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me -- rather He will have mercy on us -- yet who will protect the disbelievers from a painful chastisement |
| 67:29 | | Say: He is the Beneficent -- we believe in Him and on Him do we rely. So you will come to know who it is that is in clear error |
| 67:30 | | Say: Have you considered if your water should subside, who is it then that will bring you flowing water |
