Surah Mulk: Translation, Transliteration, and Benefits to Read

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September 23rd, 2022
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Surah Mulk is one of the great surahs in the noble Quran, and you probably know some hadiths about its benefits for protecting you from the punishment of the grave.

It’s 30 verses revealed in Mecca before prophet Mohammed’s immigration to Al Madinah.

In this article, you’ll know a short overview of this surah and the virtues of reading it.

You’ll also the surah’s text in Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, besides full Tasfeer other details. Keep reading

Surah Al Mulk Overview

Type: Makki Surah
Total Verses: 30 verses (thirty verses)
Rank in mushaf: 67th surah of the quran
Rank in revelation: 77
Para” 29
Hizb: 57
Other names: “Tabarak” after its first verse.
It’s revealed after surah Tur.
Total words: 337
Total letters: 1316

Surah Mulk in Arabic

Virtues and Benefits of Surah al-Mulk

There are many benefits of surah al-Mulk in Islam

1) It Intercedes for Your Sins

If you read Surah Mulk, it will Intercede for your sins.

Narrated Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“Indeed there is a Surah in the Qur’an of thirty Ayat, which intercedes for a man until he is forgiven. It is [Surah] Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk.”

2) It saves you from Punishment of the Grave

Oh, Messenger of Allah, I pitched my tent on a grave without realizing that it was a grave. Then suddenly I heard a person from the grave reciting Surah al-Mulk till he completed it.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘It is the defender, it is the deliverer – it rescues the one from the punishment of the grave.'”

3) It’s a Sunnah of The Prophet Mohammed

Prophet Mohammed loved surah Mulk and he was used to reciting it each night, and it’s said that he’d it to be in each Muslim’s heart.

Narrated by Jaber that the Messenger of Allah wasn’t sleeping until he recite surah As-Sajdah, Tabark.

And for all those reasons, surah Mulk was one the most-read surahs by Muslims around the world.

Don’t forget to recite Surah Mulk before going to sleep.

Read and Listen to Surah Mulk Recitation

Listen to this surah recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Why Was Surah Mulk Revealed?

In the books of Muslim scholars, it’s mentioned only one reason for this surah’s revelation.

This surah was revealed as a reply to the disbeliever in Mecca who were scheming secretly to kill the prophet Mohammed and they ask each other to keep this matter secret among them. so Allah has revealed their intention and said challengingly

“Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart. (Mulk, 13),

Surah Mulk with English Translation and Transliteration

Read surah al Mulk in Arabic text with its translation in English

(تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (
Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything

Tabaraka allathee biyadihi almulku wahuwa AAala kulli shayin qadeer

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ (2)
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.

Allathee khalaqa almawta waalhayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezu alghafoor

الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا مَا تَرَى فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَهَلْ تَرَى مِنْ فُطُورٍ (3)
˹He is the One˺ Who created the seven heavens, one above another. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most Compassionate. So look again: do you see any flaws?

Allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatin tibaqan ma tara fee khalqi alrrahmani min tafawutin fairjiAAi albasara hal tara min futoor

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ (4)
Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary. (because there are no flaws)

Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayni yanqalib ilayka albasaru khasian wahuwa haseerun

وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ (5)
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.

Walaqad zayyanna alssamaa alddunya bimasabeeha wajaAAalnaha rujooman lilshshayateeni waaAAtadna lahum AAathaba alssaAAeeri

وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (6)
And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is their destiny.

Walillatheena kafaroo birabbihim AAathabu jahannama wabisa almaseeru

إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ (7)
When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over

Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo laha shaheeqan wahiya tafooru

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَا أُلْقِيَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ (8)
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a throng is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, “Did a warner not come to you”?

Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythi kullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuha alam yatikum natheerun

قَالُوا بَلَى قَدْ جَاءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ كَبِيرٍ (9)
They will say,” Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, ‘ Allah has not sent down anything. You are extremely astray’

Qaloo bala qad jaana natheerun fakaththabna waqulna ma nazzala Allahu min shayin in antum illa fee dalalin kabeerin

وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ (10)
And they will say, “If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!.”

Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu aw naAAqilu ma kunna fee ashabi alssaAAeeri

فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِأَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ (11)
And so they will confess their sins. So away with the residents of the Blaze!

FaiAAtarafoo bithanbihim fasuhqan liashabi alssaAAeeri

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ (12)
Indeed, those who fear their Lord without seeing Him will have forgiveness and a mighty reward.

Inna allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bialghaybi lahum maghfiratun waajrun kabeerun

وَأَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِهِ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ (13)
Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.

Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahu AAaleemun bithati alssudoori

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ (14)
How could He not know His Own creation? For He ˹alone˺ is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.

Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefu alkhabeeru

هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَامْشُوا فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِهِ وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ (15)
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˺.

Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda thaloolan faimshoo fee manakibiha wakuloo min rizqihi wailayhi alnnushooru

أَأَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ (16)
Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up as it quakes violently?

Aamintum man fee alssamai an yakhsifa bikumu alarda faitha hiya tamooru

أَمْ أَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ (17)
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!

Am amintum man fee alssamai an yursila AAalaykum hasiban fasataAAlamoona kayfa natheeri

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ (18)
And certainly, those before them denied ˹as well˺, then how severe was My response!

Walaqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim fakayfa kana nakeeri

أوَ لَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَنُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ (19)
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.

Awalam yaraw ila alttayri fawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna ma yumsikuhunna illa alrrahmanu innahu bikulli shayin baseerun

أَمَّنْ هَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِ الْكَافِرُون إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ (20)
Also, which ˹powerless˺ force will come to your help instead of the Most Compassionate? Indeed, the disbelievers are only ˹lost˺ in delusion.

Amman hatha allathee huwa jundun lakum yansurukum min dooni alrrahmani ini alkafiroona illa fee ghuroorin

أَمَّنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُ بَلْ لَجُّوا فِي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ (21)
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˺.

Amman hatha allathee yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoorin

أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ (22)
Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?

Afaman yamshee mukibban AAala wajhihi ahda amman yamshee sawiyyan AAala siratin mustaqeemin

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ (23)
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 allathee anshaakum wajaAAala lakumu alssamAAa waalabsara waalafidata qaleelan ma tashkuroona

قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ (24)
˹Also˺ say, “He is the One Who has dispersed you ˹all˺ over the earth, and to Him, you will ˹all˺ be gathered.”

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (25)
˹Still˺ they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass if what you say is true?”

Qul huwa allathee tharaakum fee alardi wailayhi tuhsharoona

قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ (26)
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only sent with a clear warning.”

Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ (27)
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.”

Falamma raawhu zulfatan seeat wujoohu allatheena kafaroo waqeela hatha allathee kuntum bihi taddaAAoona

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ مَعِيَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَنْ يُجِيرُ الْكَافِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ (28)
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 araaytum in ahlakaniya Allahu waman maAAiya aw rahimana faman yujeeru alkafireena min AAathabin aleemin

قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ (29)
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 huwa alrrahmanu amanna bihi waAAalayhi tawakkalna fasataAAlamoona man huwa fee dalalin mubeenin

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِمَاءٍ مَعِينٍ (30)
Say, “Consider this: if your water were to sink ˹into the earth˺, then who ˹else˺ could bring you flowing water?”

Qul araaytum in asbaha maokum ghawran faman yateekum bimain maAAeenin

Read Surah Mulk Tafseer

The Content of the surah al-Mulk is about the confirmation of Allah’s blessing over his servants. Below we break down the topics presented in this surah in detail

1) Why Allah Is the King

The Verses 1: 5, There Are Reasons that Entitled Allah to Be the King and Owner of Everything

He created the life and death to test humans
He created the seven skies so perfectly that he challenges all humans to look into them and detect any crack in his creation
He adorned the heaven with lamps that steer people

2)the Punishment of The Disbelievers

From verses 5 to 11 Allah threatens those who denied him that they’d be thrown in the fire on the day of judgment and he resembled the voice of the fire as of a human raging out of resentment and when a group tossed at it, the keeper asks scoldingly: wasn’t a prophet came to you and informed you about allah.

They couldn’t do anything but confess what happened, but they denied it due to arrogance and if they heard the message and reasoned it, they wouldn’t be destined to fire.

3) Allah Is All-Knowing

In verse 12, allah promises great rewards for the believers who’re pious to him though they couldn’t see him. In verse 13. and 14, again, he challenges the disbelievers that it’s equal for them to announce their intentions or hide them because he is all-knowing and sees what’s inside their hearts, because he created them first, so how didn’t he know how they think?!

4) Allah Challenges the Disbelievers

From 15 to 24 allah confirms his blessings for humans, and challenges the disbelievers in mecca that they can’t do anything if he deprived them of those blessings

verse 15: one of his blessings is that he evened the earth so people can walk into it and harnessed it to carry their crops

Verse 16- 17 He challenges the disbelievers, saying Are you sure enough that I won’t inflict punishment upon you from the sky, so the earth swallows you in an earthquake or send stone-laden winds toward your lands to batter you…

in verse 18, he confirms that they can’t be so assured because he punished the people that came before, and they aren’t out of his reach.

Verse 19: Again, he challenges the disbelievers to look at the birds hovering in the sky, without any gravity that pulls them down. do they wonder once how they can bird fly unless allah harnessed him for that?

Verse 20-: Allah confirms that no one can rescure disbelievers from his punishment, since he is the one who rescures and raise the statue of someone or degrade him, and if all humanity gathered to inflict harm to someone, they won’t be harmed as long as allah determined that.

Verse 21: A similar confirmation that if allah stops his gifts to his servants, no one can provide for them. However, the disbelievers are just full of vanity and continue their disobedience.

Verses 22: Allah asks who is better. the good one who sticks to Allah’s commands and walks straightly on the right path or this who succumbs to his desires and deviated away from the straight track, and he likened him to someone walking on his face, surely the answer is clear.

Confirmation of Allah’s Blessings

Verse 23: Allah counts his blessing for the people, saying he created you from nothing and, made tongues, ears, and hearts so you can exist and live, though, there are a few people who thank him for all those gifts.

Verse 24: He also made you residents in the earth and made its lands habitable so you can live and co-exist, and harnessed all of the earth for your service, and to him, all of you will be gathered in the day of judgmentز

Verse 25: And the disbeliever belies this fact and asks the prophet arrogantly: If you’re truthful, so tell us when is the day of judgment?

Verse26: Allah urges his prophet to answer thos disbelievers, saying only allah knows the time of the day of judgment and my role is to inform you of this news.

Verse 27: when disbelievers see they’d be tormented in fire, they feel terrible and their heart would trembling out of fear and it’d be said to them this is the torment you belied in in the life

Verse 28: Since disbelievers in mecca wanted the prophet to die Allah ordered him to reply that even if your desire comes true and I die and won’t be existed so who rescure from the grueling torment allah predetermined for the disbelivers?

Verse 29: It’s also an assertment for faith as he is the Rahman, all believers rely on him and put their trust in him

Verse30: finally allah concludes this surah with a challenge for the disbelievers. If the water, the source of everything seeped through many layers beneath the earth and your hands weren’t capable of fetching it, who will help you and bring water for you to irrigate your crops and drink?

The Names of Surah Mulk

There are 8 names for this surah, including

1) Tabark: because it’s the first word in the first verse of surah mulk

2) Defender ( المانعة): it keeps the punishment away from the Muslim

3) Deliverer ( المنجية): it rescure the Muslims from the fire.

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:

“One of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) pitched a tent on a grave without knowing that it was a grave. Suddenly he heard a person from the grave reciting Surah al-Mulk till he completed it. So he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘Oh Messenger of Allah, I pitched my tent on a grave without realizing that it was a grave. Then suddenly I heard a person from the grave reciting Surah al-Mulk till he completed it.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘It is the defender, it is the deliverer – it delivers from the punishment of the grave.'”

How to Memorize Surah Mulk?

There are many ways to memorize surah Mulk, but one of the most effective methods is to break the surah down into smaller sections and memorize one section at a time. Start by reading the section out loud several times until you have memorized it, then move on to the next section. Repeat this process until you have memorized the entire surah.

You can also try listening to recordings of the surah being recited and repeating after each verse, or write out the verses on flashcards to help you memorize them.

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