| | Aisha Bewley rendition of Surah The Sovereignty, Control, The Kingdom(al-Mulk)
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| 67:1 | | Blessed be He who has the Kingdom in His Hand! He has power over all things. |
| 67:2 | | He who created death and life to test which of you is best in action. He is the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving. |
| 67:3 | | He who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again — do you see any gaps? |
| 67:4 | | Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted! |
| 67:5 | | We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and made some of them stones for the shaytans for whom We have prepared the punishment of the Blaze. |
| 67:6 | | Those who reject their Lord will have the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination! |
| 67:7 | | When they are flung into it they will hear it gasping harshly as it seethes. |
| 67:8 | | It all but bursts with rage. Each time a group is flung into it its custodians will question them: ´Did no warner come to you?´ |
| 67:9 | | They will say, ´Yes indeed, a warner did come to us but we denied him and said, "Allah has sent nothing down. You are just greatly misguided."´ |
| 67:10 | | They will say, ´If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze.´ |
| 67:11 | | Then they will acknowledge their wrong actions. Away with the Companions of the Blaze! |
| 67:12 | | Those who fear their Lord in the Unseen will have forgiveness and an immense reward. |
| 67:13 | | Whether you keep your words secret or say them out loud He knows what the heart contains. |
| 67:14 | | Does He who created not then know? He is the All-Pervading, the All-Aware. |
| 67:15 | | It is He who made the earth submissive to you, so walk its broad trails and eat what it provides. The Resurrection is to Him. |
| 67:16 | | Do you feel secure against Him Who is in heaven causing the earth to swallow you up when suddenly it rocks from side to side? |
| 67:17 | | Or do you feel secure against Him Who is in heaven releasing against you a sudden squall of stones, so that you will know how true My warning was? |
| 67:18 | | Those before them also denied but then how great was My denial! |
| 67:19 | | Have they not looked at the birds above them, with wings outspread and folded back? Nothing holds them up but the All-Merciful. He sees all things. |
| 67:20 | | Who is there who could be a force for you, to come to your support, apart from the All-Merciful? The kafirun are only living in delusion. |
| 67:21 | | Who is there who could provide for you if He withholds His provision? Yet still they obstinately persist in insolence and evasion. |
| 67:22 | | Who is better guided: he who goes grovelling on his face or he who walks upright on a straight path? |
| 67:23 | | Say: ´It is He who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight and hearts. What little thanks you show!´ |
| 67:24 | | Say: ´It is He who scattered you about the earth and you will be gathered to Him.´ |
| 67:25 | | They say, ´When will this promise come about if you are telling the truth?´ |
| 67:26 | | Say: ´The knowledge is with Allah alone and I am only a clear warner.´ |
| 67:27 | | When they see it right up close, the faces of those who are kafir will be appalled and they will be told, ´This is what you were calling for.´ |
| 67:28 | | Say: ´What do you think? If Allah destroys me and those with me, or if He has mercy on us, who can shelter the kafirun from a painful punishment?´ |
| 67:29 | | Say: ´He is the All-Merciful. We have iman in Him and trust in Him. You will soon know who is clearly misguided.´ |
| 67:30 | | Say: ´What do you think? If, one morning, your water disappears into the earth who will bring you running water?´ |
