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الملك Al-Mulk

The Sovereignty 30 verses · Makkah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Allāh’s Power

67:1

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ ۝١

Blessed is He in whose absolute control is the kingdom of the universe since He has power over everything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ ۝٢

Blessed is He who created death and life so that He may test you to see who is best in conduct among you. He is the Mighty and can resurrect you for judgement and the Forgiving if you sincerely repent.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:3

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٍۢ ۖ فَٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍۢ ۝٣

He created seven heavens in layers with such marvellous planning that you do not see any disharmony in the creation of the Beneficent God. Look again! Do you see any flaw in the system of the universe?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The number seven can also convey the idea of plentifulness.

67:4

ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعِ ٱلْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًۭا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌۭ ۝٤

Look again, once more! You will not find any disharmony or flaw; rather, your look will return to you disappointed and tired.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:5

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًۭا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ۝٥

We have adorned the lowest heaven (i.e., our sky) with lamps in the form of stars; some of those break off and become meteors and so We made them missiles against the jinn, and We have prepared for them the punishment of the blazing fire.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Outcome of the Test

67:6

وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ۝٦

As for those who disbelieve in their Provider is the punishment of Hell, and it is indeed an evil destination.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who will fail the test:

67:7

إِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ فِيهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِيقًۭا وَهِىَ تَفُورُ ۝٧

When they are disgracefully thrown in it, they hear its blaring sound while it boils—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:8

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌۭ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ ۝٨

as if it will explode with rage. Whenever a group of those disbelievers is thrown in it, its wardens will ask them “Did not any warner come to you?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:9

قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌۭ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ كَبِيرٍۢ ۝٩

They will answer, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we rejected him and said, ‘Allāh did not send down anything; you are only in a great error.’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:10

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ۝١٠

They will also say, “Had we only listened attentively or applied reason to comprehend the message, we would not have been among inmates of the blazing fire.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:11

فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًۭا لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ۝١١

Thus, they will admit to their sin. So away with the inmates of the blazing fire!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:12

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ ۝١٢

Surely those who who heed the message, they fear their Lord in secret—for them shall be forgiveness of their sins and a great reward for their good deeds.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who will pass the test:

67:13

وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ ٱجْهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ۝١٣

Believers fear Allāh in secret as they know that whether you conceal your speech or proclaim it, He very well knows what is in the hearts.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:14

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ ۝١٤

Would He, who has created you, not know while He is the Subtle and notices every delicate thing, and He is the Well-Aware.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

More About Allāh’s Power

67:15

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًۭا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ ۝١٥

Earth & Heaven: He is the one who has made the earth’s movement gentle like a tame camel for you; therefore, walk on its ‘shoulders,’ and eat from its provision; but always remember that to Him shall be your return.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:16

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ ۝١٦

Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, while it rocks?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

However, also remember that God can use the ‘gentle’ earth and the beautiful heaven as punishment.

67:17

أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ ۝١٧

Do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not rain down upon you a gust of pebbles—then you shall know how My warning is?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:18

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ۝١٨

Indeed those who were before them also rejected the message; so see how decisive My rejection was!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:19

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍۢ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ ۝١٩

Birds : Have they not observed the birds above them: spreading and closing their wings? No one holds them suspended in the air except the creative will of the Beneficent God. Indeed, He sees everything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Guidance and Misguidance

67:20

أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ جُندٌۭ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِى غُرُورٍ ۝٢٠

If Allāh wants to punish the transgressors, then who is it that will be your army to help you besides the Beneficent God? There is no one! The unbelievers are just in delusion.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:21

أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّۢ وَنُفُورٍ ۝٢١

Who is it that will give you sustenance if He (Allāh) should withhold His sustenance? Nay, the unbelievers persist in disdain and aversion.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:22

أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ ۝٢٢

Is he who walks prone on his face (and can’t see the path ahead) better guided, or he who can see the road and walks upright on a straight path?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:23

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفِْٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٢٣

Say, “He (Allāh) is the one who created you and made for you hearing, eyesight, and minds. Little do you thank.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

In this verse, hearing and eyesight symbolize the five senses that God has created for us as means of gathering information, and minds as means of proceesing and analyzing the information.

67:24

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ۝٢٤

Say, “He (Allāh) is the one who created you on the earth, and toward Him you will be mustered.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:25

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٢٥

Whenever the Prophet talked about the day of judgement, they, the unbelievers, said, “Should you be truthful in your warning, then when will this promise be fulfilled?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:26

قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝٢٦

Say, O Muḥammad, “Its knowledge is only with Allāh; I am only a clear warner of His punishment.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:27

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةًۭ سِيَٓٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ ۝٢٧

Eventually, when they see it close by, the faces of the unbelievers will reflect distress, and it will be declared to them by the angels, “This is what you asked for!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:28

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِىَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ ۝٢٨

O Muḥammad, say, “Tell me, whether Allāh destroys me and those with me, or He has mercy on us, who will shelter you, the unbelievers, from a painful punishment?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:29

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝٢٩

Say, “He is the Beneficent God; we believe in Him, and in Him, we put our trust. Soon you will know who is in manifest error.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

67:30

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًۭا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍۢ مَّعِينٍۭ ۝٣٠

Say, “Tell me, should your water sink (into the ground), who will bring you running water?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)