Al-Mulk

Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

tabāraka alladhī biyadihi l-mul'ku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

[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 -

alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wal-ḥayata liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūru

[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?

alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan mā tarā fī khalqi l-raḥmāni min tafāwutin fa-ir'jiʿi l-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūrin

Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.

thumma ir'jiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilayka l-baṣaru khāsi-an wahuwa ḥasīrun

And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

walaqad zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bimaṣābīḥa wajaʿalnāhā rujūman lilshayāṭīni wa-aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāba l-saʿīri

And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.

walilladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannama wabi'sa l-maṣīru

When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

idhā ul'qū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wahiya tafūru

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?"

takādu tamayyazu mina l-ghayẓi kullamā ul'qiya fīhā fawjun sa-alahum khazanatuhā alam yatikum nadhīrun

They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"

qālū balā qad jāanā nadhīrun fakadhabnā waqul'nā mā nazzala l-lahu min shayin in antum illā fī ḍalālin kabīrin

And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."

waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābi l-saʿīri

And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze.

fa-iʿ'tarafū bidhanbihim fasuḥ'qan li-aṣḥābi l-saʿīri

Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.

inna alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa-ajrun kabīrun

And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

wa-asirrū qawlakum awi ij'harū bihi innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?

alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wahuwa l-laṭīfu l-khabīru

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.

huwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa dhalūlan fa-im'shū fī manākibihā wakulū min riz'qihi wa-ilayhi l-nushūru

Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?

a-amintum man fī l-samāi an yakhsifa bikumu l-arḍa fa-idhā hiya tamūru

Or do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.

am amintum man fī l-samāi an yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīri

And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

walaqad kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīri

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.

awalam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍ'na mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-raḥmānu innahu bikulli shayin baṣīrun

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.

amman hādhā alladhī huwa jundun lakum yanṣurukum min dūni l-raḥmāni ini l-kāfirūna illā fī ghurūrin

Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.

amman hādhā alladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka riz'qahu bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwin wanufūrin

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihi ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful."

qul huwa alladhī ansha-akum wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."

qul huwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Say, "The knowledge is only with Allah, and I am only a clear warner."

qul innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-innamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun

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."

falammā ra-awhu zul'fatan sīat wujūhu alladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi taddaʿūna

Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"

qul ara-aytum in ahlakaniya l-lahu waman maʿiya aw raḥimanā faman yujīru l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīmin

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."

qul huwa l-raḥmānu āmannā bihi waʿalayhi tawakkalnā fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

qul ara-aytum in aṣbaḥa māukum ghawran faman yatīkum bimāin maʿīnin