Surah Al-Mulk Word by Word Translation, Transliteration with Audio

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

tabāraka alladhī biyadihi l-mul'ku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything.

alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wal-ḥayata liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūru

˹He is the One˺ Who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving.

alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan mā tarā fī khalqi l-raḥmāni min tafāwutin fa-ir'jiʿi l-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūrin

˹He is the One˺ Who created seven heavens, one above the other. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most Compassionate. So look again: do you see any flaws?

thumma ir'jiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilayka l-baṣaru khāsi-an wahuwa ḥasīrun

Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary.

walaqad zayyannā l-samāa l-dun'yā bimaṣābīḥa wajaʿalnāhā rujūman lilshayāṭīni wa-aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāba l-saʿīri

And indeed, We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps, and made them ˹as missiles˺ for stoning ˹eavesdropping˺ devils, for whom We have also prepared the torment of the Blaze.

walilladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannama wabi'sa l-maṣīru

Those who disbelieve in their Lord will suffer the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination!

idhā ul'qū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wahiya tafūru

When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over,

takādu tamayyazu mina l-ghayẓi kullamā ul'qiya fīhā fawjun sa-alahum khazanatuhā alam yatikum nadhīrun

almost bursting in fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did a warner not come to you?”

qālū balā qad jāanā nadhīrun fakadhabnā waqul'nā mā nazzala l-lahu min shayin in antum illā fī ḍalālin kabīrin

They will reply, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has revealed nothing. You are extremely astray.’”

waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābi l-saʿīri

And they will lament, “If only we had listened and reasoned, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!”

fa-iʿ'tarafū bidhanbihim fasuḥ'qan li-aṣḥābi l-saʿīri

And so they will confess their sins. So away with the residents of the Blaze!

inna alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa-ajrun kabīrun

Indeed, those in awe of their Lord without seeing Him will have forgiveness and a mighty reward.

wa-asirrū qawlakum awi ij'harū bihi innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.

alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wahuwa l-laṭīfu l-khabīru

How could He not know His Own creation? For He ˹alone˺ is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.

huwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa dhalūlan fa-im'shū fī manākibihā wakulū min riz'qihi wa-ilayhi l-nushūru

He is the One Who smoothed out the earth for you, so move about in its regions and eat from His provisions. And to Him is the resurrection ˹of all˺.

a-amintum man fī l-samāi an yakhsifa bikumu l-arḍa fa-idhā hiya tamūru

Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up as it quakes violently?

am amintum man fī l-samāi an yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīri

Or do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not unleash upon you a storm of stones. Only then would you know how ˹serious˺ My warning was!

walaqad kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīri

And certainly those before them denied ˹as well˺, then how severe was My response!

awalam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍ'na mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-raḥmānu innahu bikulli shayin baṣīrun

Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Most Compassionate. Indeed, He is All-Seeing of everything.

amman hādhā alladhī huwa jundun lakum yanṣurukum min dūni l-raḥmāni ini l-kāfirūna illā fī ghurūrin

Also, which ˹powerless˺ force will come to your help instead of the Most Compassionate? Indeed, the disbelievers are only ˹lost˺ in delusion.

amman hādhā alladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka riz'qahu bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwin wanufūrin

Or who is it that will provide for you if He withholds His provision? In fact, they persist in arrogance and aversion ˹to the truth˺.

afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihi ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?

qul huwa alladhī ansha-akum wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”

qul huwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna

˹Also˺ say, “He is the One Who has dispersed you ˹all˺ over the earth, and to Him you will ˹all˺ be gathered.”

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

˹Still˺ they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”

qul innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-innamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only sent with a clear warning.”

falammā ra-awhu zul'fatan sīat wujūhu alladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi taddaʿūna

Then when they see the torment drawing near, the faces of the disbelievers will become gloomy, and it will be said ˹to them˺, “This is what you claimed would never come.”

qul ara-aytum in ahlakaniya l-lahu waman maʿiya aw raḥimanā faman yujīru l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīmin

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Consider this: whether Allah causes me and those with me to die or shows us mercy, who will save the disbelievers from a painful punishment?”

qul huwa l-raḥmānu āmannā bihi waʿalayhi tawakkalnā fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Say, “He is the Most Compassionate—in Him ˹alone˺ we believe, and in Him ˹alone˺ we trust. You will soon know who is clearly astray.”

qul ara-aytum in aṣbaḥa māukum ghawran faman yatīkum bimāin maʿīnin

Say, “Consider this: if your water were to sink ˹into the earth˺, then who ˹else˺ could bring you flowing water?”