Al-Mulk
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Blessed is He in Whose hand is the
Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things. (1)
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, (2)
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? (3)
Then look again and yet again, thy
sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim. (4)
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. (5)
And for those who disbelieve in their
Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey's end!
(6)
When they are flung therein they hear
its roaring as it boileth up, (7)
As it would burst with rage. Whenever
a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask
them: Came there unto you no warner? (8)
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. (9)
And they say: Had we been wont to
listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers
in the flames. (10)
So they acknowledge their sins; but
far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.
(11)
Lo! those who fear their Lord in
secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
(12)
And keep your opinion secret or
proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the
breasts (of men). (13)
Should He not know what He created?
And He is the Subtile, the Aware. (14)
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). (15)
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? (16)
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.
(17)
And verily those before them denied,
then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)! (18)
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. (19)
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. (20)
Or who is he that will provide for
you if He should withhold His providence? Nay, but they
are set in pride and frowardness. (21)
Is he who goeth groping on his face
more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a
straight road? (22)
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! (23)
Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in
the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered. (24)
And they say: When (will) this
promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful? (25)
Say: The knowledge is with Allah only,
and I am but a plain warner; (26)
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.
(27)
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? (28)
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. (29)
Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your
water were to disappear into the earth, who then could
bring you gushing water? (30)