Surah Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. تبارك الذي بيده الملك وهو على كل شيء قدير

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   Blessed is He in whose hands is all sovereignty, and He has power over all things.

   tabāraka lladhī bi-yadihi l-mulku wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun-i

2. الذي خلق الموت والحياة ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا وهو العزيز الغفور

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   He, who created death and life that He may test you [to see] which of you is best in conduct. And He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving.

   alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wa-l-ḥayāta li-yabluwakum ʾayyukum ʾaḥsanu ʿamalan wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūru

3. الذي خلق سبع سماوات طباقا ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت فارجع البصر هل ترى من فطور

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   He created seven heavens in layers. You do not see any discordance in the creation of the All-beneficent. Look again! Do you see any flaw?

   alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan mā tarā fī khalqi r-raḥmāni min tafāwutin fa-rjiʿi l-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūrin

4. ثم ارجع البصر كرتين ينقلب إليك البصر خاسئا وهو حسير

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   Look again, once more. Your look will return to you humbled and weary.

   thumma rjiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ʾilayka l-baṣaru khāsiʾan wa-huwa ḥasīrun

5. ولقد زينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وجعلناها رجوما للشياطين وأعتدنا لهم عذاب السعير

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   We have certainly adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and made them [the means of pelting] missiles against the devils, and We have prepared for them a punishment of the Blaze.

   wa-la-qad zayyannā s-samāʾa d-dunyā bi-maṣābīḥa wa-jaʿalnāhā rujūman li-sh-shayāṭīni wa-ʾaʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāba s-saʿīri

6. وللذين كفروا بربهم عذاب جهنم وبئس المصير

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   For those who defy their Lord is the punishment of hell, and it is an evil destination.

   wa-li-lladhīna kafarū bi-rabbihim ʿadhābu jahannama wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru

7. إذا ألقوا فيها سمعوا لها شهيقا وهي تفور

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   When they are thrown in it, they hear it blaring, as it seethes,

   ʾidhā ʾulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wa-hiya tafūru

8. تكاد تميز من الغيظ كلما ألقي فيها فوج سألهم خزنتها ألم يأتكم نذير

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   almost exploding with rage. Whenever a group is thrown in it, its keepers will ask them, ‘Did not any warner come to you?’

   takādu tamayyazu mina l-ghayẓi kullamā ʾulqiya fīhā fawjun saʾalahum khazanatuhā ʾa-lam yaʾtikum nadhīrun

9. قالوا بلى قد جاءنا نذير فكذبنا وقلنا ما نزل الله من شيء إن أنتم إلا في ضلال كبير

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   They will say, ‘Yes, a warner did come to us, but we impugned [him] and said, ‘Allah did not send down anything; you are only in great error.’

   qālū balā qad jāʾanā nadhīrun fa-kadhdhabnā wa-qulnā mā nazzala llāhu min shayʾin ʾin ʾantum ʾillā fī ḍalālin kabīrin

10. وقالوا لو كنا نسمع أو نعقل ما كنا في أصحاب السعير

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    And they will say, ‘Had we listened or applied reason, we would not have been among inmates of the Blaze.’

    wa-qālū law kunnā nasmaʿu ʾaw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī ʾaṣḥābi s-saʿīri

11. فاعترفوا بذنبهم فسحقا لأصحاب السعير

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    Thus they will admit their sin. So away with the inmates of the Blaze!

    fa-ʿtarafū bi-dhanbihim fa-suḥqan li-ʾaṣḥābi s-saʿīri

12. إن الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير

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    Indeed for those who fear their Lord in secret there will be forgiveness and a great reward.

    ʾinna lladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bi-l-ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa-ʾajrun kabīrun