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English - Chapter 67 - Al-Mulk

Translation by A. J. Arberry — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:1

Blessed be He in whose hand is the Kingdom -- He is powerful over everything

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:2

who created death and life, that He might try you which of you is fairest in works; and He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:3

who created seven heavens one upon another. Thou seest not in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze; seest thou any fissure

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:4

Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:5

And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and made them things to stone Satans; and We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blaze

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:6

And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there awaits the chastisement of Gehenna -- an evil homecoming

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:7

When they are cast into it they will hear it sighing, the while it boils

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:8

and wellnigh bursts asunder with rage. As often as a troop is cast into it, its keepers ask them, 'Came there no warner to you

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:9

They say, 'Yes indeed, a warner came to us; but we cried lies, saying, "God has not sent down anything; you are only in great error

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:10

They also say, 'If we had only heard, or had understood, we would not have been of the inhabitants of the Blaze

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:11

So they confess their sins. Curse the inhabitants of the Blaze

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:12

Surely those who fear their Lord in the Unseen -- there awaits them forgiveness and a great wage

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:13

Be secret in your speech, or proclaim it, He knows the thoughts within the breasts

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:14

Shall He not know, who created? And He is the All-subtle, the All-aware

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:15

It is He who made the earth submissive to you; therefore walk in its tracts, and eat of His provision; to Him is the Uprising

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:16

Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, the while it rocks

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:17

Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not loose against you a squall of pebbles, then you shall know how My warning is

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:18

Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:19

Have they not regarded the birds above them spreading their wings, and closing them? Naught holds them but the All-merciful. Surely He sees everything

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:20

Or who is this that shall be a host for you to help you, apart from the All-merciful? The unbelievers are only in delusion

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:21

Or who is this that shall provide for you if He withholds His provision? No, but they persist in disdain and aversion

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:22

What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:23

Say: 'It is He who produced you, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts; little thanks you show

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:24

Say: 'It is He who scattered you in the earth, and unto Him you shall be mustered

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:25

They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak truly

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:26

Say: 'The knowledge is with God; I am only a clear warner

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:27

Then, when they see it nigh at hand, the faces of the unbelievers will be vexed, and it will be said, 'This is what you were promised

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:28

Say: 'What think you? If God destroys me and those with me, or has mercy on us, then who will protect the unbelievers from a painful chastisement

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:29

Say: 'He is the All-merciful. We believe in Him, and in Him we put all our trust. Assuredly, you will soon, know who is in manifest error

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Mulk 67:30

Say: 'What think you? If in the morning your water should have vanished into the earth, then who would bring you running water