Al Mulk

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things.

Shakir

1 Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things,

Transliteration

1 Tabaraka allathee biyadihi almulku wahuwa AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

Pickthall

2 Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

Shakir

2 Who created death and life that He may try you - - which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

Transliteration

2 Allathee khalaqa almawta waalhayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezu alghafooru

Pickthall

3 Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts ?

Shakir

3 Who created the seven heavens one above another; you see no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent Allah; then look again, can you see any disorder?

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

4 Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.

Shakir

4 Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall come back to you confused while it is fatigued.

Transliteration

4 Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayni yanqalib ilayka albasaru khasian wahuwa haseerun

Pickthall

5 And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.

Shakir

5 And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We have made these missiles for the Shaitans, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

6 And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey's end!

Shakir

6 And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of hell, and evil is the resort.

Transliteration

6 Walillatheena kafaroo birabbihim AAathabu jahannama wabisa almaseeru

Pickthall

7 When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,

Shakir

7 When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves,

Transliteration

7 Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo laha shaheeqan wahiya tafooru

Pickthall

8 As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner ?

Shakir

8 Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a warner?

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

9 They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.

Shakir

9 They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner, but we rejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed anything, you are only in a great error.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

10 And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames.

Shakir

10 And they shall say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning fire.

Transliteration

10 Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu aw naAAqilu ma kunna fee ashabi alssaAAeeri

Pickthall

11 So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.

Shakir

11 So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of the burning fire.

Transliteration

11 FaiAAtarafoo bithanbihim fasuhqan liashabi alssaAAeeri

Pickthall

12 Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.

Shakir

12 (As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward.

Transliteration

12 Inna allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bialghaybi lahum maghfiratun waajrun kabeerun

Pickthall

13 And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the breasts (of men).

Shakir

13 And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

Transliteration

13 Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahu AAaleemun bithati alssudoori

Pickthall

14 Should He not know what He created ? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.

Shakir

14 Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware.

Transliteration

14 Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefu alkhabeeru

Pickthall

15 He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the resurrection (of the dead).

Shakir

15 He it is Who made the earth smooth for you, therefore go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance, and to Him is the return after death.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

16 Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed ?

Shakir

16 Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.

Transliteration

16 Aamintum man fee alssamai an yakhsifa bikumu alarda faitha hiya tamooru

Pickthall

17 Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not let loose on you a hurricane ? But ye shall know the manner of My warning.

Shakir

17 Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not send down upon you a punishment? Then shall you know how was My warning.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

18 And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!

Shakir

18 And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My disapproval.

Transliteration

18 Walaqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim fakayfa kana nakeeri

Pickthall

19 Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them ? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things.

Shakir

19 Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and contracting (them)? What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent Allah? Surely He sees everything.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

20 Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent ? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.

Shakir

20 Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the Beneficent Allah? The unbelievers are only in deception.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

21 Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence ? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.

Shakir

21 Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay! they persist in disdain and aversion.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

22 Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road ?

Shakir

22 What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

23 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!

Shakir

23 Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts: little is it that you give thanks.

Transliteration

23 Qul huwa allathee anshaakum wajaAAala lakumu alssamAAa waalabsara waalafidata qaleelan ma tashkuroona

Pickthall

24 Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.

Shakir

24 Say: He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you shall be gathered.

Transliteration

24 Qul huwa allathee tharaakum fee alardi wailayhi tuhsharoona

Pickthall

25 And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful ?

Shakir

25 And they say: When shall this threat be (executed) if you are truthful?

Transliteration

25 Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena

Pickthall

26 Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;

Shakir

26 Say: The knowledge (thereof is only with Allah and I am only a plain warner.

Transliteration

26 Qul innama alAAilmu AAinda Allahi wainnama ana natheerun mubeenun

Pickthall

27 But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call.

Shakir

27 But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is that which you used to call for.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

28 Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom ?

Shakir

28 Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me - - rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?

Transliteration

28 Qul araaytum in ahlakaniya Allahu waman maAAiya aw rahimana faman yujeeru alkafireena min AAathabin aleemin

Pickthall

29 Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.

Shakir

29 Say: He is the Beneficent Allah, we believe in Him and on Him do we rely, so you shall come to know who it is that is in clear error.

Transliteration

29 Qul huwa alrrahmanu amanna bihi waAAalayhi tawakkalna fasataAAlamoona man huwa fee dalalin mubeenin

Pickthall

30 Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water ?

Shakir

30 Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?

Transliteration

30 Qul araaytum in asbaha maokum ghawran faman yateekum bimain maAAeenin