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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

1

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ

Tabārakalladhī biyadihil-mulku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr

2

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ

Alladhī khalaqal-mawta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwal-ʿazīzul-ghafūr

3

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

4

ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئٗا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٞ

Thummarjiʿil-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilaykal-baṣaru khāsiʾan wahuwa ḥasīr

5

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

6

وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

Walilladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannama wabi sal-maṣīr

7

إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ فِيهَا سَمِعُواْ لَهَا شَهِيقٗا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ

Idhā ulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wahiya tafūr

8

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

9

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

10

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābis-saʿīr

11

فَٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقٗا لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Faʿtarafū bidhanbihim fasuḥqan li aṣḥābis-saʿīr

12

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ

Innalladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratun wa ajrun kabīr

13

وَأَسِرُّواْ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُواْ بِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Wa asirrū qawlakum awijharū bihī innahū ʿalīmun bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr

14

أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ

Alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wahuwallaṭīful-khabīr

15

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

16

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ

Aʾamintum man fis-samāʾi an yakhsifa bikumul-arḍa fa idhā hiya tamūr

17

أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَيۡفَ نَذِيرِ

Am amintum man fis-samāʾi an yursila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīr

18

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Walaqad kadhdhaballadhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīr

19

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

20

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

21

أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hādhalladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahū bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwin wanufūr

22

أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

Afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihī ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm

23

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

24

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ

Qul huwalladhī dharaʾakum fil-arḍi wa ilayhi tuḥsharūn

25

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ

Wayaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn

26

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

Qul innamal-ʿilmu ʿindallāhi wa innamā ana nadhīrun mubīn

27

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةٗ سِيٓـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

Falammā raʾawhu zulfatan sīʾat wujūhulladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhalladhī kuntum bihī taddaʿūn

28

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

29

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

30

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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Surah Al-Mulk

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