Surah Al-Mulk
الملك
Full text, transliteration, translation and color-coded tajweed
- 30 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 29
- Pages 562 to 564
- 7 min 37 s to listen
- 258 tajweed rules
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- 333 words
- Order of revelation: 77
Al-Mulk (الملك) is surah 67 of the Quran: Meccan, 30 verses, in juz 29, pages 562 to 564 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 7 min 37 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Al-Mulk with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.
The full text of Al-Mulk
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿١﴾
tabāraka lladhī biyadihi l-mulku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr
Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ ﴿٢﴾
alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum 'ayyukum 'aḥsanu ʿamalā | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūr
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِن تَفَـٰوُتٍ ۖ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ﴿٣﴾
alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqā | mā tarā fī khalqi r-raḥmāni min tafāwut | farjiʿi l-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūr
[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?
i.e., one covering or fitting over the other.
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ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ ﴿٤﴾
thumma rjiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib 'ilayka l-baṣaru khāsi'aw wahuwa ḥasīr
Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.
i.e., repeatedly.
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وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ﴿٥﴾
walaqad zayyanna s-samā'a d-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wajaʿalnāhā rujūmal lish-shayāṭīn | wa'aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāba s-saʿīr
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
Thereby driving them from the heavens and preventing them from eavesdropping. See 72:8-9.
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وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٦﴾
walilladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannam | wabi'sa l-maṣīr
And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.
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إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ ﴿٧﴾
idhā 'ulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqaw wahiya tafūr
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.
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تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ ﴿٨﴾
takādu tamayyazu mina l-ghayẓ | kullamā 'ulqiya fīhā fawjun sa'alahum khazanatuhā 'alam ya'tikum nadhīr
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
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قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ كَبِيرٍ ﴿٩﴾
qālū balā qad jā'anā nadhīrun fakadhdhabnā waqulnā mā nazzala llāhu min shay'in 'in 'antum 'illā fī ḍalālin kabīr
They will say, "Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allāh has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"
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وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ﴿١٠﴾
waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu 'aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī 'aṣḥābi s-saʿīr
And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
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فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ﴿١١﴾
faʿtarafū bidhambihim fasuḥqal li'aṣḥābi s-saʿīr
And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze.
From all good and from Allāh's mercy.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ ﴿١٢﴾
inna lladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratuw wa'ajrun kabīr
Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.
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وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ ٱجْهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿١٣﴾
wa'asirrū qawlakum 'awi jharū bih | innahū ʿalīmum bidhāti ṣ-ṣudūr
And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
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أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ ﴿١٤﴾
alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wahuwa llaṭīfu l-khabīr
Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Aware?
Another accepted meaning is "Does He not know those whom He created...?"
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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ ﴿١٥﴾
huwa lladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa dhalūlan famshū fī manākibihā wakulū mir rizqih | wa'ilayhi n-nushūr
It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
i.e., stable and subservient.
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ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ ﴿١٦﴾
a'amintum man fi s-samā'i 'ay yakhsifa bikumu l-arḍa fa'idhā hiya tamūr
Do you feel secure that He who is above would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?
Literally, "in ascendancy" or "over the heaven."
In a circular motion, as in an earthquake.
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أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ ﴿١٧﴾
am 'amintum man fi s-samā'i 'ay yursila ʿalaykum ḥāṣibā | fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīr
Or do you feel secure that He who is above would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.
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وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ﴿١٨﴾
walaqad kadhdhaba lladhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīr
And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ ﴿١٩﴾
awalam yaraw 'ila ṭ-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātiw wayaqbiḍn | mā yumsikuhunna 'illa r-raḥmān | innahū bikulli shay'im baṣīr
Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
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أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِى غُرُورٍ ﴿٢٠﴾
amman hādha lladhī huwa jundul lakum yanṣurukum min dūni r-raḥmān | ini l-kāfirūna 'illā fī ghurūr
Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.
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أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ ﴿٢١﴾
amman hādha lladhī yarzuqukum 'in 'amsaka rizqah | bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwiw wanufūr
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
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أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
afamay yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihī 'ahdā 'ammay yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
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قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
qul huwa lladhī 'ansha'akum wajaʿala lakumu s-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-af'idah | qalīlam mā tashkurūn
Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful."
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قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾
qul huwa lladhī dhara'akum fi l-arḍi wa'ilayhi tuḥsharūn
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾
wayaqūlūna matā hādha l-waʿdu 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٢٦﴾
qul 'innama l-ʿilmu ʿinda llāhi wa'innamā 'ana nadhīrum mubīn
Say, "The knowledge is only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
falammā ra'awhu zulfatan sī'at wujūhu lladhīna kafarū waqīla hādha lladhī kuntum bihī taddaʿūn
But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."
The punishment of which they were warned.
When they challenged their prophets, saying, "Bring on the punishment, if you are truthful."
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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِىَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٨﴾
qul 'ara'aytum 'in 'ahlakaniya llāhu wamam maʿiya 'aw raḥimanā famay yujīru l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin 'alīm
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered: whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
i.e., inform me.
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قُلْ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٩﴾
qul huwa r-raḥmānu 'āmannā bihī waʿalayhi tawakkalnā | fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālim mubīn
Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."
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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ ﴿٣٠﴾
qul 'ara'aytum 'in 'aṣbaḥa mā'ukum ghawran famay ya'tīkum bimā'im maʿīn
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.
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Tajweed in Al-Mulk, by the numbers
| Rule | Count | Examples |
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| Hamzat al-Wasl | 55 | |
| Madd Tabee'ee | 32 | |
| Madd at a stop | 30 | |
| Ikhfa | 29 | |
| Idgham with Ghunnah | 19 | |
| Ghunnah | 17 | |
| Lam Shamsiyyah | 17 | |
| Qalqalah | 14 | |
| Unpronounced letter | 14 | |
| Madd Munfasil | 9 | |
| Madd Muttasil | 7 | |
| Idgham without Ghunnah | 4 | |
| Idgham Shafawi | 4 | |
| Ikhfa Shafawi | 3 | |
| Iqlab | 3 | |
| Madd Lazim | 1 |
The meaning of Al-Mulk, verse by verse
Show the meaning of the 30 verses
- 67:1
The goodness of Allah who solely possesses the kingdom is great and abundant. He is capable of everything, Nothing is outside His ability.
- 67:2
The one who created death and life to test you, O people, which one of you is better in terms of actions. He is the Almighty who no one can overpower; the Forgiving of the sins of whichever of His servants repents to him.
- 67:3
The one who created the seven heavens, each one layered above the one before it without touching it. O observer! You will not witness any discrepancy or misappropriation in the creation of Allah. So look again, do you see cracks or splits? You will never see them; you will only see a perfect, masterful creation.
- 67:4
Then, look again time after time; your eyesight will return humiliated without having found any defect or fault in the creation of the heaven; exhausted without being able to see.
- 67:5
And verily I adorned the nearest sky to the earth with shining stars, making them shoot and repelling with them the satans with them who try to eavesdrop. I have also prepared for them a blazing fire in the afterlife.
- 67:6
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord, on the Day of Judgement there is the punishment of a raging fire. Very evil is place they will return to.
- 67:7
When they will be thrown into the hellfire, they will hear an extremely evil sound: it will be bubbling like a boiling pot.
- 67:8
It almost bursts within itself and comes apart due to its extreme rage over those that are thrown into it. Each time a group is thrown into it from the disbelievers, the angels appointed over it will ask them scoldingly: “Did a Messenger not come to you in the world, warning you of the punishment of Allah?”
- 67:9
The disbelievers will say, “Indeed! A Messenger did come to us warning us of the punishment of Allah but we rejected him, and we said to him, “Allah did not reveal any revelation. O Messengers! You are in nothing but clear deviance from the truth.””
- 67:10
The disbelievers will say, “If we had listened attentively, or had thought clearly like the one who can differentiate the truth from falsehood, we would not have been amongst the people of the hellfire. Rather, we would have had faith in the Messengers and believed in whatever they brought, being from the people of Paradise.”
- 67:11
So they will confess against themselves to having disbelieved and rejected, thereby being worthy of the hellfire. So away with the people of the hellfire!
- 67:12
After Allah mentions the traits of the disbelievers and their requital, he follows it up with mentioning the qualities of the people of faith and their requital, saying: “Indeed, those who fear Allah in privacy, they will be forgiven for their sins and will get a great reward, i.e. Paradise.”
- 67:13
O people! Speak secretively or openly; Allah hears it anyway. Indeed, He may He be glorified is aware of whatever is in the hearts of His servants; nothing is hidden from Him in that regard.
- 67:14
Does the one who created all creation not know of the secret, and that which is more inconspicuous than the secret? He is The Kind to His servants; The Aware of their affairs. Nothing is hidden from Him in that regard.
- 67:15
He is the one who made the earth soft and easy for you to live on, so travel around to its edges and eat from the provision He has prepared for you within it. To Him alone you will be resurrected for accountability and requital.
- 67:16
Do you feel safe from the being in the heavens that He may cause the earth to split beneath you, just as He caused it to split beneath Korah, despite it having been soft and easy to live on? It could suddenly shake with you on it, after being firm and solid.
- 67:17
Or do you feel safe from the being in the heavens that He could rain down stones upon you just like He did upon the people of Lot? Then you will realise, when you see My punishment for yourselves, My warnings to you. But you will never be able to benefit from them after having witnessed the punishment.
- 67:18
Verily, the nations that came before these idolaters rejected, and so the punishment of Allah descended upon them after they insisted in their disbelief and rejection, so how was My disavowal of them? Verily, it was a severe disavowal.
- 67:19
Do these rejectors not see the birds above them flying in rows, side by side with one another? What stops them from falling to the ground, except Allah? Indeed, He is The Seeing of everything, nothing is hidden from Him.
- 67:20
O disbelievers! There is no army that can save you from the punishment of Allah if He decides to punish you. The disbelievers are in nothing but deception; Satan has deceived them and they have fallen into his deception.
- 67:21
And there is no one that can sustain you if Allah stops His provisions from reaching you. Rather, the crux is that the disbelievers have prolonged in transgression, arrogance and refusal of the truth.
- 67:22
So is the one who walks while falling on his face i.e. the idolater more guided, or the believer who walks upright on the straight path?
- 67:23
O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject: “Allah is the one who created you and made for you ears through which you hear, eyes with which you see, and hearts through which you think. Little do you show gratitude to Him for the blessings He has conferred upon you.
- 67:24
O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject: “Allah is the one who dispersed you on earth and made you spread upon it, not your idols which cannot create anything. To Him alone you will be gathered on the Day of Judgement for accountability and requital, not your idols. So fear Him and worship Him alone.
- 67:25
And the rejectors of the resurrection, thinking it to be far-fetched, say, “O Muhammad! When will this promise that you and your companions promise us with, happen, if you are truthful in your claim that it will occur?”
- 67:26
Say, O Messenger: “The knowledge of the Hour is with Allah; only He knows when it will occur. I am only a clear warner in my warning to you.”
- 67:27
So when the promise will come upon them and they will see the punishment close to them on the Day of Judgement, the faces of those who disbelieved in Allah will change and become dark. And it will be said to them, “This is what you used to ask for and want hastily!”
- 67:28
O Messenger! Say to these rejecting idolaters, reprimanding them: “Tell me, if Allah was to case death to me and to those with me i.e. the believers, who will save the disbelievers from a painful punishment?” No one will ever save them from it.
- 67:29
O Messenger! Say to these idolaters: “He is The Merciful who invites you to worshipping Him alone. We have brought faith in Him, and upon Him alone we rely for our affairs. You will soon know, inevitably, who was in clear deviance and who was on the straight path.”
- 67:30
O Messenger! Say to these idolaters: “Tell me, if the water you drink from was to seep away into the earth and you could not get to it, who then would bring you abundant, flowing water?” No one other than Allah could.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Mulk?
30 verses and 333 words. It starts in juz 29 and covers pages 562 to 564 of the Madani Mushaf.
Is Al-Mulk Meccan or Medinan?
Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 77th.
How long does it take to listen to Al-Mulk?
7 min 37 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.
Which tajweed rules are in Al-Mulk?
258 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in Al-Mulk: Hamzat al-Wasl (55), Madd Tabee'ee (32) and Madd at a stop (30).
How can I practice reciting Surah Al-Mulk and get corrected?
Recite Surah Al-Mulk out loud in the Tilawa app, on iPhone or Android: it follows every word of Al-Mulk, then shows you the words and tajweed rules to work on, with the correct recitation to replay.
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