Surah Al Mulk

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُۖ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌۙ

   Tabārakal-lażī biyadihil-mulk(u), wa huwa ‘alā kulli syai'in qadīr(un).

   Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything.

2. ۨالَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيٰوةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ اَيُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًاۗ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْغَفُوْرُۙ

   Allażī khalaqal-mauta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ‘amalā(n), wa huwal-‘azīzul-gafūr(u).

   ˹He is the One˺ Who created life and death in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving.

3. الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًاۗ مَا تَرٰى فِيْ خَلْقِ الرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْ تَفٰوُتٍۗ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَۙ هَلْ تَرٰى مِنْ فُطُوْرٍ

   Allażī khalaqa sab‘a samāwātin ṭibāqā(n), mā tarā fī khalqir-raḥmāni min tafāwut(in), farji‘il-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūr(in).

   ˹He is the One˺ Who created seven heavens, one above the other. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most Compassionate. So look again: do you see any flaws?

4. ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ اِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَّهُوَ حَسِيْرٌ

   Ṡummarji‘il-baṣara karrataini yanqalib ilaikal-baṣaru khāsi'aw wa huwa ḥasīr(un).

   Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary.

5. وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاۤءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيْحَ وَجَعَلْنٰهَا رُجُوْمًا لِّلشَّيٰطِيْنِ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيْرِ

   Wa laqad zayyannas-samā'ad-dun-yā bimaṣābīḥa wa ja‘alnāhā rujūmal lisy-syayāṭīni wa a‘tadnā lahum ‘ażābas-sa‘īr(i).

   And indeed, We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps, and made them ˹as missiles˺ for stoning ˹eavesdropping˺ devils, for whom We have also prepared the torment of the Blaze.

6. وَلِلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۗ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيْرُ

   Wa lil-lażīna kafarū birabbihim ‘ażābu jahannam(a), wa bi'sal-maṣīr(u).

   Those who disbelieve in their Lord will suffer the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination!

7. اِذَآ اُلْقُوْا فِيْهَا سَمِعُوْا لَهَا شَهِيْقًا وَّهِيَ تَفُوْرُۙ

   Iżā ulqū fīhā sami‘ū lahā syahīqaw wa hiya tafūr(u).

   When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over,

8. تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِۗ كُلَّمَآ اُلْقِيَ فِيْهَا فَوْجٌ سَاَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيْرٌۙ

   Takādu tamayyazu minal-gaiẓ(i), kullamā ulqiya fīhā faujun sa'alahum khazanatuhā alam ya'tikum nażīr(un).

   almost bursting in fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did a warner not come to you?”

9. قَالُوْا بَلٰى قَدْ جَاۤءَنَا نَذِيْرٌ ەۙ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍۖ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ كَبِيْرٍ

   Qālū balā qad jā'anā nażīr(un), fa każżabnā wa qulnā mā nazzalallāhu min syai'(in), in antum illā fī ḍalālin kabīr(in).

   They will reply, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has revealed nothing. You are extremely astray.’”

10. وَقَالُوْا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيْٓ اَصْحٰبِ السَّعِيْرِ

    Wa qālū lau kunnā nasma‘u au na‘qilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābis-sa‘īr(i).

    And they will lament, “If only we had listened and reasoned, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!”

11. فَاعْتَرَفُوْا بِذَنْۢبِهِمْۚ فَسُحْقًا لِّاَصْحٰبِ السَّعِيْرِ

    Fa‘tarafū biżambihim, fasuḥqal li'aṣḥābis-sa‘īr(i).

    And so they will confess their sins. So away with the residents of the Blaze!

12. اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّاَجْرٌ كَبِيْرٌ

    Innal-lażīna yakhsyauna rabbahum bil-gaibi lahum magfiratuw wa ajrun kabīr(un).

    Indeed, those in awe of their Lord without seeing Him will have forgiveness and a mighty reward.

13. وَاَسِرُّوْا قَوْلَكُمْ اَوِ اجْهَرُوْا بِهٖۗ اِنَّهٗ عَلِيْمٌ ۢبِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ

    Wa asirrū qaulakum awijharū bih(ī), innahū ‘alīmum biżātiṣ-ṣudūr(i).

    Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.

14. اَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَۗ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيْفُ الْخَبِيْرُ ࣖ

    Alā ya‘lamu man khalaq(a), wa huwal-laṭīful-khabīr(u).

    How could He not know His Own creation? For He ˹alone˺ is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.

15. هُوَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ ذَلُوْلًا فَامْشُوْا فِيْ مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِهٖۗ وَاِلَيْهِ النُّشُوْرُ

    Huwal-lażī ja‘ala lakumul-arḍa żalūlan famsyū fī manākibihā wa kulū mir rizqih(ī), wa ilaihin-nusyūr(u).

    He is the One Who smoothed out the earth for you, so move about in its regions and eat from His provisions. And to Him is the resurrection ˹of all˺.

16. ءَاَمِنْتُمْ مَّنْ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اَنْ يَّخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَمُوْرُۙ

    A'amintum man fis-samā'i ay yakhsifa bikumul-arḍa fa'iżā hiya tamūr(u).

    Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up as it quakes violently?

17. اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ مَّنْ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اَنْ يُّرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًاۗ فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ كَيْفَ نَذِيْرِ

    Am amintum man fis-samā'i ay yursila ‘alaikum ḥāṣibā(n), fa sata‘lamūna kaifa nażīr(i).

    Or do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not unleash upon you a storm of stones. Only then would you know how ˹serious˺ My warning was!

18. وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيْرِ

    Wa laqad każżabal-lażīna min qablihim fakaifa kāna nakīr(i).

    And certainly those before them denied ˹as well˺, then how severe was My response!

19. اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صٰۤفّٰتٍ وَّيَقْبِضْنَۘ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۗ اِنَّهٗ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍۢ بَصِيْرٌ

    Awalam yarau ilaṭ-ṭairi fauqahum ṣāffātiw wa yaqbiḍn(a), mā yumsikuhunna illar-raḥmān(u), innahū bikulli syai'im baṣīr(un).

    Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Most Compassionate. Indeed, He is All-Seeing of everything.

20. اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَّكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِۗ اِنِ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ اِلَّا فِيْ غُرُوْرٍۚ

    Am man hāżal-lażī huwa jundul lakum yanṣurukum min dūnir-raḥmān(i), inil-kāfirūna illā fī gurūr(in).

    Also, which ˹powerless˺ force will come to your help instead of the Most Compassionate? Indeed, the disbelievers are only ˹lost˺ in delusion.

21. اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهٗ ۚ بَلْ لَّجُّوْا فِيْ عُتُوٍّ وَّنُفُوْرٍ

    Am man hāżal-lażī yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqah(ū), bal lajjū fī ‘utuwwiw wa nufūr(in).

    Or who is it that will provide for you if He withholds His provision? In fact, they persist in arrogance and aversion ˹to the truth˺.

22. اَفَمَنْ يَّمْشِيْ مُكِبًّا عَلٰى وَجْهِهٖٓ اَهْدٰىٓ اَمَّنْ يَّمْشِيْ سَوِيًّا عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ

    Afamay yamsyī mukibban ‘alā wajhihī ahdā ammay yamsyī sawiyyan ‘alā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm(in).

    Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?

23. قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِيْٓ اَنْشَاَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٕدَةَۗ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُوْنَ

    Qul huwal-lażī ansya'akum wa ja‘ala lakumus-sam‘a wal-abṣāra wal-af'idah(ta), qalīlam mā tasykurūn(a).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”

24. قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِيْ ذَرَاَكُمْ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَاِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُوْنَ

    Qul huwal-lażī żara'akum fil-arḍi wa ilaihi tuḥsyarūn(a).

    ˹Also˺ say, “He is the One Who has dispersed you ˹all˺ over the earth, and to Him you will ˹all˺ be gathered.”

25. وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hāżal-wa‘du in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).

    ˹Still˺ they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”

26. قُلْ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۖوَاِنَّمَآ اَنَا۠ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ

    Qul innamal-‘ilmu ‘indallāh(i), wa innamā ana nażīrum mubīn(un).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only sent with a clear warning.”

27. فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيْۤـَٔتْ وُجُوْهُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَقِيْلَ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَدَّعُوْنَ

    Falammā ra'auhu zulfatan sī'at wujūhul-lażīna kafarū wa qīla hāżal-lażī kuntum bihī tadda‘ūn(a).

    Then when they see the torment drawing near, the faces of the disbelievers will become gloomy, and it will be said ˹to them˺, “This is what you claimed would never come.”

28. قُلْ اَرَءَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَهْلَكَنِيَ اللّٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعِيَ اَوْ رَحِمَنَاۙ فَمَنْ يُّجِيْرُ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍ

    Qul ara'aitum in ahlakaniyallāhu wa mam ma‘iya au raḥimanā, famay yujīrul-kāfirīna min ‘ażābin alīm(in).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Consider this: whether Allah causes me and those with me to die or shows us mercy, who will save the disbelievers from a painful punishment?”

29. قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمٰنُ اٰمَنَّا بِهٖ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۚ فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ مَنْ هُوَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

    Qul huwar-raḥmānu āmannā bihī wa ‘alaihi tawakkalnā, fasata‘lamūna man huwa fī ḍalālim mubīn(in).

    Say, “He is the Most Compassionate—in Him ˹alone˺ we believe, and in Him ˹alone˺ we trust. You will soon know who is clearly astray.”

30. قُلْ اَرَءَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَصْبَحَ مَاۤؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَّأْتِيْكُمْ بِمَاۤءٍ مَّعِيْنٍ ࣖ

    Qul ara'aitum in aṣbaḥa mā'ukum gauran famay ya'tīkum bimā'im ma‘īn(in).

    Say, “Consider this: if your water were to sink ˹into the earth˺, then who ˹else˺ could bring you flowing water?”