Surah Mulk

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1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

2. 1

   تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

   Tabaraka alladhi biyadihi al‑mulku wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir

   Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things.

3. 2

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

   Alladhi khalaqa al‑mawta wa al‑hayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu 'amalan wa huwa al-'Azizu al‑Ghafur

   Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

4. 3

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٍ ۖ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ

   Alladhi khalaqa sab'a samawatin tibaqan ma tara fi khalqi ar‑Rahmani min tafawutin farji'i al‑basara hal tara min futur

   Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts?

5. 4

   ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

   Thumma irji'i al‑basara karratayni yanqalib ilayka al‑basaru khasi'an wa huwa hasir

   Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.

6. 5

   وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

   Walaqad zayyanna as‑sama'a ad‑dunya bimasabiha wa ja'alnaha rujuman lish‑shayatini wa a'tadna lahum 'adhaba as‑sa'ir

   And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.

7. 6

   وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

   Wa lilladhina kafaru birabbihim 'adhabu jahannama wa bi'sa al‑masir

   And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey's end!

8. 7

   إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

   Idha ulqu fiha sami'u laha shahiqan wa hiya tafur

   When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,

9. 8

   تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ

   Takadu tamayyazu mina al‑ghayzi kullama ulqiya fiha fawjun sa'alahum khazanatuha alam ya'tikum nadhir

   As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner?

10. 9

    قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ كَبِيرٍ

    Qalu bala qad ja'ana nadhirun fakadhdhabna wa qulna ma nazzala Allahu min shay'in in antum illa fi dalalin kabir

    They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.

11. 10

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    Wa qalu law kunna nasma'u aw na'qilu ma kunna fi ashabi as‑sa'ir

    And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames.

12. 11

    فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    Fa'tarafu bidhanbihim fasuhqan li'ashabi as‑sa'ir

    So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.

13. 12

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

    Inna alladhina yakhshawna rabbahum bil‑ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa ajrun kabir

    Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.

14. 13

    وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ ٱجْهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    Wa asirru qawlakum awi ijharu bihi innahu 'alimun bidhati as‑sudur

    And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the breasts (of men).

15. 14

    أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    Ala ya'lamu man khalaqa wa huwa al‑Latifu al‑Khabir

    Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.

16. 15

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ

    Huwa alladhi ja'ala lakumu al‑arda dhalulan famshu fi manakibiha wa kulu min rizqihi wa ilayhi an‑nushur

    He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the resurrection (of the dead).

17. 16

    ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ

    A'amintum man fi as‑sama'i an yakhsifa bikumu al‑arda fa'idha hiya tamur

    Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?

18. 17

    أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ

    Am amintum man fi as‑sama'i an yursila 'alaykum hasiban fasata'lamuna kayfa nadhir

    Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not let loose on you a hurricane? But ye shall know the manner of My warning.

19. 18

    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    Walaqad kadhdhaba alladhina min qablihim fakayfa kana nakir

    And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!

20. 19

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ

    Awalam yaraw ila at‑tayri fawqahum saffatin wa yaqbidna ma yumsikuhunna illa ar‑Rahmanu innahu bikulli shay'in basir

    Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things.

21. 20

    أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِى غُرُورٍ

    Amman hadha alladhi huwa jundun lakum yansurukum min duni ar‑Rahmani ini al‑kafiruna illa fi ghurur

    Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.

22. 21

    أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

    Amman hadha alladhi yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajju fi 'utuwwin wa nufur

    Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.

23. 22

    أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    Afaman yamshi mukibban 'ala wajhihi ahda amman yamshi sawiyyan 'ala siratin mustaqim

    Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?

24. 23

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    Qul huwa alladhi ansha'akum wa ja'ala lakumu as‑sam'a wa al‑absara wa al‑af'idata qalilan ma tashkurun

    Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!

25. 24

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    Qul huwa alladhi dhara'akum fi al‑ardi wa ilayhi tuhsharun

    Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.

26. 25

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Wa yaquluna mata hadha al‑wa'du in kuntum sadiqin

    And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

27. 26

    قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Qul innama al-'ilmu 'inda Allahi wa innama ana nadhirum mubin

    Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;

28. 27

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    Falamma ra'awhu zulfatan si'at wujuhu alladhina kafaru wa qila hadha alladhi kuntum bihi tadda'un

    But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call.

29. 28

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِىَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Qul ara'aytum in ahlakaniya Allahu wa mam ma'iya aw rahimana famay yujiru al‑kafirina min 'adhabin alim

    Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?

30. 29

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Qul huwa ar‑Rahmanu amanna bihi wa 'alayhi tawakkalna fasata'lamuna man huwa fi dalalim mubin

    Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.

31. 30

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

    Qul ara'aytum in asbaha ma'ukum ghawran famay ya'tikum bima'im ma'in

    Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?

Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here

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