| Surah 67. Al-Mulk | |||
| 1 | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and He is Able to do all things. | ||
| 2 | Who hath created life and death that He may try you, which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, Forgiving, | ||
| 3 | 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 | Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim. | ||
| 5 | And verily We have beatified 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 | And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey's end! | ||
| 7 | When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up, | ||
| 8 | As it would burst with rage. Whenever a ( fresh ) host flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner? | ||
| 9 | They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in ought but a great error. | ||
| 10 | And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames. | ||
| 11 | So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed ( from mercy ) are the dwellers in the flames. | ||
| 12 | Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward. | ||
| 13 | And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the breasts ( of men ). | ||
| 14 | Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware. | ||
| 15 | 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 | 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 | 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 | And verily those before them denied, then ( see ) the manner of My wrath ( with them )! | ||
| 19 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a beaten road? | ||
| 23 | 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 | Say, He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered. | ||
| 25 | And they say: When ( will ) this promise ( be fulfilled ), if ye are truthful? | ||
| 26 | Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner; | ||
| 27 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Say: Have ye thought: If ( all ) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water? | ||