Transliteration with Arabic · 30 ayat
Surah Al-Mulk in English
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- The Prophet ﷺ said a surah of thirty ayat interceded for a man until he was forgiven: Tabarakalladhi biyadihil-mulk. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2891
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ
Tabārakalladhī biyadihil-mulku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ
Alladhī khalaqal-mawta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwal-ʿazīzul-ghafūr
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗاۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٖۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٖ
Alladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan mā tarā fī khalqir-raḥmāni min tafāwutin farjiʿil-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūr
ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئٗا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٞ
Thummarjiʿil-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilaykal-baṣaru khāsiʾan wahuwa ḥasīr
وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا رُجُومٗا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Walaqad zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wajaʿalnāhā rujūman lilshshayāṭīni wa aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhābas-saʿīr
وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
Walilladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannama wabi sal-maṣīr
إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ فِيهَا سَمِعُواْ لَهَا شَهِيقٗا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ
Idhā ulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wahiya tafūr
تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيۡظِۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلۡقِيَ فِيهَا فَوۡجٞ سَأَلَهُمۡ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ
Takādu tamayyazu minal-ghayẓi kullamā ulqiya fīhā fawjun sa alahum khazanatuhā alam yaʾtikum nadhīr
قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٞ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ كَبِيرٖ
Qālū balā qad jāʾanā nadhīrun fakadhdhabnā waqulnā mā nazzalallāhu min shayʾin in antum illā fī ḍalālin kabīr
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābis-saʿīr
فَٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقٗا لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Faʿtarafū bidhanbihim fasuḥqan li aṣḥābis-saʿīr
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ
Innalladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa ajrun kabīr
وَأَسِرُّواْ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُواْ بِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
Wa asirrū qawlakum awijharū bihī innahū ʿalīmun bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr
أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ
Alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wahuwallaṭīful-khabīr
هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولٗا فَٱمۡشُواْ فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ
Huwalladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa dhalūlan famshū fī manākibihā wakulū min rizqihī wa ilayhin-nushūr
ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ
Aʾamintum man fis-samāʾi an yakhsifa bikumul-arḍa fa idhā hiya tamūr
أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَيۡفَ نَذِيرِ
Am amintum man fis-samāʾi an yursila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīr
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
Walaqad kadhdhaballadhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīr
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَٰٓفَّٰتٖ وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءِۭ بَصِيرٌ
Awalam yaraw ilaṭ-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍna mā yumsikuhunna illar-raḥmānu innahū bikulli shayʾin baṣīr
أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ جُندٞ لَّكُمۡ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ
Amman hādhalladhī huwa jundun lakum yanṣurukum min dūnir-raḥmāni inil-kāfirūna illā fī ghurūr
أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ
Amman hādhalladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahū bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwin wanufūr
أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
Afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihī ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ
Qul huwalladhī anshaʾakum wajaʿala lakumus-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afʾidata qalīlan mā tashkurūn
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ
Qul huwalladhī dharaʾakum fil-arḍi wa ilayhi tuḥsharūn
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
Wayaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn
قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
Qul innamal-ʿilmu ʿindallāhi wa innamā ana nadhīrun mubīn
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةٗ سِيٓـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ
Falammā raʾawhu zulfatan sīʾat wujūhulladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhalladhī kuntum bihī taddaʿūn
قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ
Qul araʾaytum in ahlakaniyallāhu waman maʿiya aw raḥimanā faman yujīrul-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīm
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ
Qul huwar-raḥmānu āmannā bihī waʿalayhi tawakkalnā fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīn
قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَآؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرٗا فَمَن يَأۡتِيكُم بِمَآءٖ مَّعِينِۭ
Qul araʾaytum in aṣbaḥa māʾukum ghawran faman yaʾtīkum bimāʾin maʿīn
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- ā ī ū long vowels: hold them for two beats
- ʿ the letter 'ayn, from deep in the throat
- ʾ a short stop (hamzah), as in "uh-oh"
- ḥ ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ heavy letters, said fuller than h s d t z
- th dh kh gh sh one sound each; a hyphen (s-h) means two separate letters
- al- joined to the word before: say it as one flow
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