Surah Al-Mulk English Translation & Transliteration

¹How sublime a source of blessing is Allah, who holds absolute sovereignty in His hand! And He has power over all things and sets a measure for all things.

²He created death and life to test which of you would behave best. He is the absolutely supreme and exalted One, and matchless in forgiveness.

³He is the One who created the seven heavens, one above another, in perfect harmony and accord. You will see no flaw or discord in the creation of the Most Merciful (ar-Rahman)! Turn your eyes and look: can you see any flaw?

⁴Turn your eyes again and look: your gaze will come back to you weary and exhausted, having failed to find what it sought.

⁵Indeed, We have adorned the nearest sky with lamps, the stars. We have made the light that comes from the stars a means of driving away the devils. And We have also prepared for them the punishment of a fire that spews flames.

⁶And for the disbelievers who are ungrateful to their Lord there is the punishment of Hell. What an evil final destination that is!

⁷When they are cast into it, they will hear the dreadful seething sound Hell makes as it boils.

⁸So much so that Hell will all but burst apart with rage. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them: —Did no warner come to you?

⁹They will say: —Yes, a warner did come to us, but we accused him of lying and said: "Allah has sent down nothing; you are only in great error."

¹⁰—Had we listened to the revelation, or used our reason, we would not be among those who have fallen into this blazing Fire today, they will say.

¹¹Thus they will confess their sins. Damnation to the people of the raging Fire!

¹²As for those who hold their Lord in deep, heartfelt reverence, for them there is forgiveness and a great reward.

¹³Whether you conceal your words or declare them, surely Allah knows the most intimate secrets within you.

¹⁴Would the Creator not know what He has created? He is the One whose knowledge penetrates all things, and who is aware of everything.

¹⁵It is Allah who has made the earth fit for you to live on and placed it at your service. So travel through its mountains and plains and benefit from His provision; but do not forget that in the end the return is to Allah.

¹⁶Are you sure that Allah, whom you imagine to be in the sky (but who is free from being bound to any place), will not make the earth swallow you up? Before you know it, the earth has begun to shake.

¹⁷Again, are you sure that Allah, whom you imagine to be in the sky (but who is free from being bound to any place), will not send upon you a whirlwind of calamity? Then you will see what My warning was like!

¹⁸Indeed, those before them also denied the messages, but in the end they saw what denying My warnings was like.

¹⁹Do they not see the birds above them, flying in rows and beating their wings, and take a lesson? None but the Most Merciful holds the power that keeps them aloft. For He keeps everything under His watch.

²⁰Or do you have an army that will help you against the Most Merciful? Those disbelievers are truly in great delusion.

²¹Tell me, if Allah were to cut off your provision, who would provide for you? No, in fact they go on floundering in insolence and hatred.

²²Tell me, who will reach the goal sooner: one who crawls face down along a rugged road, or one who walks upright on a straight road?

²³Say: —It is Allah who brought you into being from nothing, and gave you ears to hear the truth, eyes to see, and hearts to understand. How little you give these blessings their due!

²⁴Say: —It is Allah who has multiplied you and spread you over the earth. Do not forget that it is before Him that you will be gathered.

²⁵They even go so far as to mock, saying: "If you are sincere in your claim, tell us, when is this promise you threaten us with?"

²⁶Say: —Knowledge of it is with Allah alone. I am charged only with warning you clearly.

²⁷When they come face to face with it (the punishment), the faces of those ungrateful disbelievers will turn black, and they will be told: "This is the punishment of which you said mockingly, 'Let it come, so we can see it!'"

²⁸Say: —Suppose Allah were to take my life and the lives of the believers with me, or to grant us long life by His grace. Then tell me: who will save the disbelievers from that painful punishment?

²⁹Say: —The One who will save us is the Most Merciful, in whom we believe and on whom we rely and trust. Then you will learn who it is that is in manifest error.

³⁰Say: —Tell me, if your water were to sink away and vanish into the depths of the earth, who could bring you pure spring water?