الملك

Surah Al-Mulk

The Sovereignty · Surah 67

Revelation

Meccan

Verses

30 verses

Ruku

2 ruku

Juz

Juz 29

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

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

2. 2

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

   Pickthall

   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,

3. 3

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

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   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?

4. 4

   ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

   Pickthall

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

5. 5

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

   Pickthall

   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.

6. 6

   وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

   Pickthall

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

7. 7

   إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ

   Pickthall

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

8. 8

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

   Pickthall

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

9. 9

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

   Pickthall

   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.

10. 10

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    Pickthall

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

11. 11

    فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    Pickthall

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

12. 12

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

    Pickthall

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

13. 13

    وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ ٱجْهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    Pickthall

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

14. 14

    أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    Pickthall

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

15. 15

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

    Pickthall

    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).

16. 16

    ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ

    Pickthall

    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?

17. 17

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

    Pickthall

    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.

18. 18

    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    Pickthall

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

19. 19

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

    Pickthall

    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.

20. 20

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

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    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.

21. 21

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

    Pickthall

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

22. 22

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

    Pickthall

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

23. 23

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

    Pickthall

    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!

24. 24

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

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

25. 25

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Pickthall

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

26. 26

    قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Pickthall

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

27. 27

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

    Pickthall

    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.

28. 28

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

    Pickthall

    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?

29. 29

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

    Pickthall

    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.

30. 30

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

    Pickthall

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

About this surah

What is Surah Al-Mulk about?

Surah Al-Mulk is the 67th chapter of the Quran and the first chapter of the 29th juz, which is named after it: Juz Tabārak. It has 30 verses in two sections (rukūʿ), and it was revealed in Makkah, as Ibn Kathīr states at the opening of his commentary.

Its subject is the one the Makkan surahs keep returning to: who really owns and runs the world. It opens by declaring that all dominion is in Allah’s hand, explains that life and death were created as a test, and then asks the reader to look — at a sky without a flaw, at birds held up in the air, at the ground made easy to walk on, at water that could sink out of reach — and to draw the conclusion. Between those signs it shows the people of the Fire admitting, too late, that they would not listen or think, and it promises forgiveness and a great reward to those who fear their Lord unseen.

Chapter

67 of 114

Arabic name

الملك (al-Mulk)

Meaning

The Sovereignty / The Dominion

Also called

Tabārak, al-Māniʿah

Revealed in

Makkah (Meccan)

Order of revelation

77th (traditional order)

Verses

30

Sections (rukūʿ)

2: 1–14 and 15–30

Words

333 (word-by-word segmentation)

Juz

29 — its first surah

Hizb / Manzil

Hizb 57 · Manzil 7

Mushaf pages

562–564 (Madinah mushaf)

Prostration (sajdah)

None

Benefits & virtues 5 authentic narrations — intercession, protection from the punishment of the grave, and the Prophet’s ﷺ nightly recitation — each with its reference and grading. Read the evidence Meaning & tafsir Eight sections, verse by verse, summarised from the classical commentary of Ibn Kathīr. Understand it When to recite Every night, and before sleeping as the Prophet ﷺ did — what the authentic narrations say, and what they do not. See the Sunnah Memorize it A 30-day plan, one verse a day, using the player’s repeat-verse and slow-speed modes. Start today

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Common questions

What is Surah Al-Mulk about?

Surah Al-Mulk (“The Sovereignty”) is about Allah’s absolute ownership and control of creation. It opens by declaring that all dominion is in His hand (67:1), explains that death and life were created to test who is best in deed (67:2), points to signs in the sky, the birds, the earth and water, describes the regret of the people of the Fire, and promises forgiveness to those who fear their Lord unseen (67:12). Read the section-by-section explanation.

How many verses are in Surah Al-Mulk?

Surah Al-Mulk has 30 verses, divided into two sections (rukūʿ): verses 1–14 and 15–30. The hadith itself describes it as “a surah of thirty verses”.

Is Surah Al-Mulk Meccan or Medinan?

It is a Meccan surah, revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. Ibn Kathīr opens his commentary on it with “and it is Meccan”.

What are the benefits of reciting Surah Al-Mulk?

Authentic narrations state that it interceded for a man until he was forgiven (Abu Dawud 1400, at-Tirmidhi 2891, Ibn Majah 3786 — ḥasan), that it pleads for its companion until it brings him into Paradise (aṭ-Ṭabarānī — al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3644), and that it is “the protector” from the punishment of the grave (al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3643). See every narration with its grading.

When should Surah Al-Mulk be recited?

At night. Jābir reported that the Prophet ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited Surah as-Sajdah and Surah al-Mulk (at-Tirmidhi 2892 and 3404; authenticated by al-Albānī through supporting chains). Ibn Masʿūd said that whoever recites it every night is protected by it from the punishment of the grave (an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā — ḥasan). Reciting it before going to sleep follows the Prophet’s ﷺ own practice.

Does Surah Al-Mulk protect from the punishment of the grave?

Yes — this is established. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Surah Tabārak is the protector from the punishment of the grave” (graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3643), and Ibn Masʿūd said the Companions called it al-Māniʿah, “the protector”. Scholars explain the promise as belonging to the one who makes it a regular recitation, believes in it and acts on what it teaches — not to a single reading.

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