Al-Mulk 67
SovereigntyHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
This surah is classified as revealed in the Meccan period. It begins by praising God, in whose hand is all dominion, who created death and life to test which people are best in deeds. It invites the reader to look again and again at the seven layered heavens and find no flaw, then depicts those thrown into Hell admitting that a warner came to them but they denied him. It promises forgiveness to those in awe of their Lord unseen, and asks who made the earth easy to walk upon and who holds up the birds as they spread and fold their wings. The later verses are a series of questions introduced by 'Say,' stating that only God knows when the promised Day will come, and the surah ends by asking who could bring flowing water if one's water sank away into the earth.
- Life and death as test
- Seven flawless heavens
- Confession in Hell
- Signs in birds and water
- The role of a warner
The name The name comes from verse 1, which praises God as the One in whose hand is the dominion (sovereignty).
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
تَبَارَكَ타바r라칼 الَّذِي라ð디 بِيَدِهِ비야디힐 الْمُلْكُ물쿠 وَهُوَ와후와 عَلَىٰ알라 كُلِّ쿨리 شَيْءٍ샤이인 قَدِيرٌ까디r르
Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion, and He has power over all things —
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2
الَّذِي알라ð디 خَلَقَ칼라깔 الْمَوْتَ마우타 وَالْحَيَاةَ왈하야타 لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ리야블루와쿰 أَيُّكُمْ아이유쿰 أَحْسَنُ아흐사누 عَمَلًا아말란 ۚ وَهُوَ와후왈 الْعَزِيزُ아지줄 الْغَفُورُ가f푸r르
who created death and life to test you, [to see] which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, the Most Forgiving.
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3
الَّذِي알라ð디 خَلَقَ칼라까 سَبْعَ사브아 سَمَاوَاتٍ사마와틴 طِبَاقًا띠바깜 ۖ مَا마 تَرَىٰ타r라 فِيf피 خَلْقِ칼끼 الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 مِنْ민 تَفَاوُتٍ타f파우틴 ۖ فَارْجِعِf파r르지일 الْبَصَرَ바사r라 هَلْ할 تَرَىٰ타r라 مِنْ민 فُطُورٍf푸뚜r르
who created seven heavens in layers. You see no flaw in the creation of the Most Gracious. So turn your gaze again: do you see any rifts?
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4
ثُمَّθ숨마 ارْجِعِr르지일 الْبَصَرَ바사r라 كَرَّتَيْنِ카르r라타이니 يَنْقَلِبْ얀깔리브 إِلَيْكَ일라이칼 الْبَصَرُ바사r루 خَاسِئًا카시안 وَهُوَ와후와 حَسِيرٌ하시r르
Then turn your gaze again and again; your gaze will return to you humbled and weary.
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وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 زَيَّنَّا자이얀낫 السَّمَاءَ사마앗 الدُّنْيَا둔야 بِمَصَابِيحَ비마사비하 وَجَعَلْنَاهَا와자알나하 رُجُومًاr루주말 لِلشَّيَاطِينِ릿샤야띠니 ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا와아으타드나 لَهُمْ라훔 عَذَابَ아ð다밧 السَّعِيرِ사이r르
And We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and made them missiles against the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
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6
وَلِلَّذِينَ왈릴라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 بِرَبِّهِمْ비r랍비힘 عَذَابُ아ð다부 جَهَنَّمَ자한나마 ۖ وَبِئْسَ와비으살 الْمَصِيرُ마시r르
Those who disbelieve in their Lord will have the torment of Hell — how miserable a journey's end!
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7
إِذَا이ð다 أُلْقُوا울꾸 فِيهَاf피하 سَمِعُوا사미우 لَهَا라하 شَهِيقًا샤히깐 وَهِيَ와히야 تَفُورُ타f푸r르
When they are thrown into it, they will hear it roaring as it boils up,
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8
تَكَادُ타카두 تَمَيَّزُ타마이야주 مِنَ미날 الْغَيْظِ가이ð디 ۖ كُلَّمَا쿨라마 أُلْقِيَ울끼야 فِيهَاf피하 فَوْجٌf파우준 سَأَلَهُمْ사알라훔 خَزَنَتُهَا카자나투하 أَلَمْ알람 يَأْتِكُمْ야으티쿰 نَذِيرٌ나ð디r르
almost bursting with fury. Every time a group is thrown into it, its keepers will ask them, "Did no warner come to you?"
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9
قَالُوا깔루 بَلَىٰ발라 قَدْ까드 جَاءَنَا자아나 نَذِيرٌ나ð디r룬 فَكَذَّبْنَاf파캇ð다브나 وَقُلْنَا와꿀나 مَا마 نَزَّلَ낫잘랄 اللَّهُ라후 مِنْ민 شَيْءٍ샤이인 إِنْ인 أَنْتُمْ안툼 إِلَّا일라 فِيf피 ضَلَالٍ달랄린 كَبِيرٍ카비r르
They will say, "Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, 'God has sent down nothing; you are only in great error.'"
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10
وَقَالُوا와깔루 لَوْ라우 كُنَّا쿤나 نَسْمَعُ나스마우 أَوْ아우 نَعْقِلُ나으낄루 مَا마 كُنَّا쿤나 فِيf피 أَصْحَابِ아스하빗 السَّعِيرِ사이r르
And they will say, "If only we had listened or reasoned, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
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11
فَاعْتَرَفُواf파으타r라f푸 بِذَنْبِهِمْ비ð담비힘 فَسُحْقًاf파수흐깔 لِأَصْحَابِ리아스하빗 السَّعِيرِ사이r르
So they will confess their sin. Away, then, with the companions of the Blaze!
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12
إِنَّ인날 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 يَخْشَوْنَ야흐샤우나 رَبَّهُمْr랍바훔 بِالْغَيْبِ빌가이비 لَهُمْ라훔 مَغْفِرَةٌ마그f피r라툰 وَأَجْرٌ와아즈r룬 كَبِيرٌ카비r르
Those who are in awe of their Lord without seeing Him can look forward to forgiveness and a great reward.
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وَأَسِرُّوا와아시르r루 قَوْلَكُمْ까울라쿰 أَوِ아위 اجْهَرُوا즈하r루 بِهِ비히 ۖ إِنَّهُ인나후 عَلِيمٌ알리뭄 بِذَاتِ비ð다팃 الصُّدُورِ수두r르
Whether you keep your words secret or speak them openly, He knows well what is in the hearts.
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أَلَا알라 يَعْلَمُ야을라무 مَنْ만 خَلَقَ칼라까 وَهُوَ와후왈 اللَّطِيفُ라띠f풀 الْخَبِيرُ카비r르
Does He who created not know, when He is the Subtle, the All-Aware?
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هُوَ후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 جَعَلَ자알라 لَكُمُ라쿠물 الْأَرْضَ아r르다 ذَلُولًاð달룰란 فَامْشُواf팜슈 فِيf피 مَنَاكِبِهَا마나키비하 وَكُلُوا와쿨루 مِنْ민 رِزْقِهِr리즈끼히 ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ와일라이힌 النُّشُورُ누슈r르
It is He who made the earth subservient to you, so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision; and to Him is the resurrection.
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أَأَمِنْتُمْ아아민툼 مَنْ만 فِيf핏 السَّمَاءِ사마이 أَنْ안 يَخْسِفَ야흐시f파 بِكُمُ비쿠물 الْأَرْضَ아r르다 فَإِذَاf파이ð다 هِيَ히야 تَمُورُ타무r르
Do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up, while it quakes?
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أَمْ암 أَمِنْتُمْ아민툼 مَنْ만 فِيf핏 السَّمَاءِ사마이 أَنْ안 يُرْسِلَ유r르실라 عَلَيْكُمْ알라이쿰 حَاصِبًا하시반 ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَf파사타을라무나 كَيْفَ카이f파 نَذِيرِ나ð디r르
Or do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not send against you a storm of stones? Then you will know how [serious] My warning was.
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وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 كَذَّبَ캇ð다발 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 مِنْ민 قَبْلِهِمْ까블리힘 فَكَيْفَf파카이f파 كَانَ카나 نَكِيرِ나키r르
And those before them denied; then how [terrible] was My rejection [of them]!
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أَوَلَمْ아왈람 يَرَوْا야r라우 إِلَى일랏 الطَّيْرِ따이r리 فَوْقَهُمْf파우까훔 صَافَّاتٍ삽f파틴 وَيَقْبِضْنَ와약비드나 ۚ مَا마 يُمْسِكُهُنَّ윰시쿠훈나 إِلَّا일라 الرَّحْمَٰنُ르r라흐마누 ۚ إِنَّهُ인나후 بِكُلِّ비쿨리 شَيْءٍ샤이임 بَصِيرٌ바시r르
Have they not seen the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them? None holds them up except the Most Gracious. Indeed He sees all things.
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أَمَّنْ암만 هَٰذَا하ð달 الَّذِي라ð디 هُوَ후와 جُنْدٌ준둘 لَكُمْ라쿰 يَنْصُرُكُمْ얀수r루쿰 مِنْ민 دُونِ두니 الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 ۚ إِنِ이닐 الْكَافِرُونَ카f피r루나 إِلَّا일라 فِيf피 غُرُورٍ구r루r르
Or who is it that could be an army for you to help you, other than the Most Gracious? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion.
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أَمَّنْ암만 هَٰذَا하ð달 الَّذِي라ð디 يَرْزُقُكُمْ야r르주꾸쿰 إِنْ인 أَمْسَكَ암사카 رِزْقَهُr리즈까후 ۚ بَلْ발 لَجُّوا랏주 فِيf피 عُتُوٍّ우투윈 وَنُفُورٍ와누f푸r르
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? No, they persist in insolence and aversion.
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أَفَمَنْ아f파만 يَمْشِي얌시 مُكِبًّا무킵반 عَلَىٰ알라 وَجْهِهِ와즈히히 أَهْدَىٰ아흐다 أَمَّنْ암만 يَمْشِي얌시 سَوِيًّا사위얀 عَلَىٰ알라 صِرَاطٍ시r라띰 مُسْتَقِيمٍ무스타낌
Is one who walks fallen on his face better guided, or one who walks upright on a straight path?
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قُلْ꿀 هُوَ후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 أَنْشَأَكُمْ안샤아쿰 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 لَكُمُ라쿠뭇 السَّمْعَ삼아 وَالْأَبْصَارَ왈압사r라 وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ왈아f프이다타 ۖ قَلِيلًا깔릴람 مَا마 تَشْكُرُونَ타시쿠r룬
Say, "It is He who brought you into being and gave you hearing and sight and hearts. Little are you grateful."
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قُلْ꿀 هُوَ후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 ذَرَأَكُمْð다r라아쿰 فِيf필 الْأَرْضِ아r르디 وَإِلَيْهِ와일라이히 تُحْشَرُونَ투흐샤r룬
Say, "He is the One who spread you across the earth, and before Him you will all be assembled."
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وَيَقُولُونَ와야꿀루나 مَتَىٰ마타 هَٰذَا하ð달 الْوَعْدُ와으두 إِنْ인 كُنْتُمْ쿤툼 صَادِقِينَ사디낀
And they say, "When is this promise, if you are truthful?"
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قُلْ꿀 إِنَّمَا인나말 الْعِلْمُ일무 عِنْدَ인달 اللَّهِ라히 وَإِنَّمَا와인나마 أَنَا아나 نَذِيرٌ나ð디r룸 مُبِينٌ무빈
Say, "The knowledge is only with God, and I am only a clear warner."
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فَلَمَّاf팔람마 رَأَوْهُr라아우후 زُلْفَةً줄f파탄 سِيئَتْ시아트 وُجُوهُ우주훌 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 وَقِيلَ와낄라 هَٰذَا하ð달 الَّذِي라ð디 كُنْتُمْ쿤툼 بِهِ비히 تَدَّعُونَ탓다운
But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieved will be grieved, and it will be said, "This is what you used to call for."
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قُلْ꿀 أَرَأَيْتُمْ아r라아이툼 إِنْ인 أَهْلَكَنِيَ아흘라카니얄 اللَّهُ라후 وَمَنْ와맘 مَعِيَ마이야 أَوْ아우 رَحِمَنَاr라히마나 فَمَنْf파만 يُجِيرُ유지r룰 الْكَافِرِينَ카f피r리나 مِنْ민 عَذَابٍ아ð다빈 أَلِيمٍ알림
Say, "Have you considered: whether God destroys me and those with me or has mercy on us, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
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قُلْ꿀 هُوَ후와 الرَّحْمَٰنُ르r라흐마누 آمَنَّا아만나 بِهِ비히 وَعَلَيْهِ와알라이히 تَوَكَّلْنَا타왁칼나 ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَf파사타을라무나 مَنْ만 هُوَ후와 فِيf피 ضَلَالٍ달랄림 مُبِينٍ무빈
Say, "He is the Most Gracious; we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust. And you will come to know who it is that is in clear error."
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قُلْ꿀 أَرَأَيْتُمْ아r라아이툼 إِنْ인 أَصْبَحَ아스바하 مَاؤُكُمْ마우쿰 غَوْرًا가우r란 فَمَنْf파만 يَأْتِيكُمْ야으티쿰 بِمَاءٍ비마임 مَعِينٍ마인
Say, "Have you considered: if your water were to sink away [into the earth], who then could bring you flowing water?"