Surah Mulk with English Translation

Surah Al-Mulk (Chapter 67 of the Quran), often called “The Sovereignty,” is a profound chapter revered for its spiritual protection and divine wisdom. Known to intercede for its reciter on Judgment Day and shield believers from the torment of the grave, this Surah is a nightly lifeline for millions.

But understanding its message is key to unlocking its blessings. For non-Arabic speakers, accessing its meaning can transform recitation from ritual to heartfelt reflection.

Detail	Information
Surah Name	Mulk
Chapter Number	67
Number of Verses	30
Place of Revelation	Mecca
Juz (Para) Number	29
Key Themes	Sovereignty, Accountability, reflection on Creation
Words	337
Letters	1332
Rukus	2

English Translation of Surah Mulk

[su_box title=”بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.[/su_box]

[su_box title=”تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent –[/su_box]

[su_box title=”ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″][He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed – and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving – [/su_box]

[su_box title=”ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗاۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٖۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٖ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″][And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks? [/su_box]

[su_box title=”ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئٗا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٞ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا رُجُومٗا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ فِيهَا سَمِعُواْ لَهَا شَهِيقٗا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيۡظِۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلۡقِيَ فِيهَا فَوۡجٞ سَأَلَهُمۡ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, “Did there not come to you a warner?” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٞ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ كَبِيرٖ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]They will say,” Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.’” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And they will say, “If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”فَٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقٗا لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَأَسِرُّواْ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُواْ بِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? [/su_box]

[su_box title=”هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولٗا فَٱمۡشُواْ فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]It is He who made the earth tame for you – so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision – and to Him is the resurrection. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway? [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَيۡفَ نَذِيرِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Or do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٖ وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءِۭ بَصِيرٌ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ جُندٞ لَّكُمۡ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion. [/su_box]

[su_box title=”أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path? [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, “It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, “It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]And they say, “When is this promise, if you should be truthful?” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, “The knowledge is only with Allah, and I am only a clear warner.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةٗ سِيٓـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, “This is that for which you used to call.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, [O Muhammad], “Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, “He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error.” [/su_box]

[su_box title=”قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَآؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرٗا فَمَن يَأۡتِيكُم بِمَآءٖ مَّعِينِۭ” box_color=”#E4E4E4″ title_color=”#000000″]Say, “Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?” [/su_box]

Arabic + English Surah Mulk Audio

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Importance of Translating Surah Mulk

1. Accessibility: Allows non-Arabic speakers to understand its profound themes (Allah’s sovereignty, accountability, and mercy).
2. Reflection (Tadabbur): Fulfills the Quranic command to “reflect on its verses” (Quran 38:29) by making meaning clear.
3. Spiritual Connection: Deepens worship by transforming recitation from ritual to heartfelt engagement.
4. Universal Guidance: Bridges language barriers, spreading its protective and ethical lessons globally.
5. Educational Tool: Helps teachers, students, and new Muslims grasp its message for personal growth and teaching.

Conclusion

Surah Mulk is a divine shield, urging believers to recognize Allah’s dominion, prepare for the Hereafter, and live righteously. Its translation unlocks access to these timeless truths, empowering Muslims worldwide to connect deeply with its life-changing message. By understanding its verses, we transform nightly recitation into a source of guidance, protection, and spiritual elevation.

“Say, ‘He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied.’” (Quran 67:29)