| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Sovereignty, Control, The Kingdom(al-Mulk)
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| 67:1 | | Blessed be He in whose hands is the dominion and He is Powerful over everything! |
| 67:2 | | He Who created death and this life that He try you as to which of you is fairer in action. And He is The Almighty, The Forgiving, |
| 67:3 | | Who created the seven heavens one on another? Thou hast not seen any imperfection in the creation of The Merciful. Then, return thy sight! Hast thou seen any flaw? |
| 67:4 | | Again, return thy sight twice again and thy sight will turn about to thee, one that is dazzled while it is weary. |
| 67:5 | | And, certainly, We made to appear pleasing the lower heaven with lamps and We assigned them things to stone satans. We made ready for them the punishment of the blaze. |
| 67:6 | | And for those who were ungrateful to their Lord is the punishment of hell. Miserable will be the Homecoming! |
| 67:7 | | When they were cast down into it, they would hear it sighing while it is boiling |
| 67:8 | | and about to burst with rage. As often as a unit of them were cast down into it, the ones who are keepers there asked them: Approaches not a warner to you? |
| 67:9 | | They will say: Yea! A warner drew near us, but we denied him. And we said: God sent not down anything. You are not but in a great going astray. |
| 67:10 | | And they would say: If we had been hearing or are reasonable, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze. |
| 67:11 | | And they would acknowledge their impiety. Then, hell for the Companions of the Blaze! |
| 67:12 | | Truly, those who dread their Lord in the unseen, for them is forgiveness and a great compensation. |
| 67:13 | | Keep your saying secret or publish it, truly, He is Knowing of what is in your breasts. |
| 67:14 | | Would He who created not know? And He is The Subtle, The Aware. |
| 67:15 | | It is He who made the earth submissive to you, so walk in its tracts and eat of His provision. To Him is the rising. |
| 67:16 | | Were you safe from He Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you up when it spins? |
| 67:17 | | Were you safe from He Who is in the heavens that He will not send against you a sand storm? You will know how My warner has been right! |
| 67:18 | | And, certainly, those who were before them denied. Then, how horrible had been My reproach! |
| 67:19 | | Consider they not the birds above them ones standing in ranks and closing their wings? Nothing holds them back but The Merciful. Truly, He is Seeing of everything. |
| 67:20 | | Who is this who would be an army for you to help you other than The Merciful? Truly, ones who are ungrateful are not but in delusion. |
| 67:21 | | Or who is this who will provide for you if He held back His provision? Nay! They were resolute, turning in disdain and aversion. |
| 67:22 | | Then is whoever walks as one who is prone on his face better guided, or he who walks without fault on a straight path? |
| 67:23 | | Say: It is He who caused you to grow and assigned you the ability to hear, sight, and minds. But you give little thanks! |
| 67:24 | | Say: It is He who made you numerous on the earth and to Him you will be assembled. |
| 67:25 | | And they say: When is this promise if you had been ones who are sincere? |
| 67:26 | | Say: The knowledge of this is only with God and I am only a clear warner. |
| 67:27 | | But when they saw the punishment nigh, the faces were troubled of those who were ungrateful. And it will be said to them: This is what you had been calling for. |
| 67:28 | | Say: Considered you if God would cause me to perish and whoever is with me or had mercy on us, who will grant protection to the ones who are ungrateful from a painful punishment? |
| 67:29 | | Say: He is The Merciful. We believed in Him and in Him we put our trust. Then, you will know who he is, one who is clearly gone astray. |
| 67:30 | | Say: Considered you? If it came to be in the morning that your water be sinking into the ground, who approaches you with assistance from water springs ? |
