It was revealed in Mecca, it is thirty passages long, consisting of three hundred and thirty words and one thousand three hundred letters. (Tafsir Al-Khateeb Al-Sharabini Vol .3 P.367.) Ibn Shihab said that is it known as 'the disputer' as it disputes with those of the grave! (Ibid) Those of the grave meaning the two angels Munkar and Nakir who question the servant after they are buried and their relatives have gone. All of the Quran is blessed and parts of the Quran we have been informed about their specific blessing and others we have not. One such Surah that we have been informed about its blessing is Surah Mulk. The second line reads, “He who created death and life to test you; which of you have the best actions.” Life and death are part of our lives whether we are aware of it or not. Someone has died whilst you are reading this and somewhere a child has been born. Notice that death comes first as this is much harder to deal with its consequences than life. When death comes it takes us out of our comfort zones as it scares us into considering our mortality. Life can be a trail for parents who do not wish to have children. They worry about provision and other unnecessary concerns. When you ponder these meanings then you begin to think about the ephemeral nature of life and then you begin to contemplate the afterlife. less
3. ۡلُمۡال ِهِدَيِب ۡىِذَّال َكَرٰبَتُكِلُك ىٰلَع َوُه َو
ُرۡيِدَق ٍء َۡىش﴿۱﴾
Immensely blessed is He in Whose control is the entire
Kingdom, and He has authority over every thing.
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4. ۡمُكُّيَا ۡمُك َوُلۡبَيِل َةوٰيَحۡال َو َت ۡوَمۡال َقَلَخ ۡىِذَّلۨا
ًلَمَع ُنَس ۡحَاِؕزَعۡال َوُه َوُر ۡوُفَغۡال ُزۡي﴿۲﴾
HE, WHO HAS CREATED DEATH AND LIFE THAT HE MIGHT TEST
YOU, AS TO WHOSE WORK, IS EXCELLENT AMONG YOU. AND HE
IS THE ESTEEMED ONE THE FORGIVING.
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5. ٍت ٰو ٰمَس َعۡبَس َقَلَخ ۡىِذَّالِف ى ٰرَت اَم ؕاًقاَبِطۡى
ٍت ُوٰفَت ۡنِم ِن ٰم ۡحَّالر ِقَۡلخَصَبۡال ِع ِج ۡارَف َؕر
ٍر ۡوُطُف ۡنِم ى ٰرَت ۡلَه
WHO MADE SEVEN HEAVENS ONE UPON THE OTHER. WHAT
DIFFERENCE DO YOU SEE IN THE MAKING OF THE MOST
AFFECTIONATE? THEN LOOK AGAIN CAREFULLY, DO YOU SEE ANY
CRACK?
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6. َكۡيَلِا ۡبِلَقۡنَي ِنۡيَتَّرَك َرَصَبۡال ِع ِج ۡار َّمُث
َح َوُه َّو اًئِسَاخ ُرَصَبۡالرۡيِس﴿۴﴾
THEN LOOK AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE SIGHT
WILL RETURN BACK TO YOU DEFEATED AND
FATIGUED.
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7. َحۡيِباَصَمِب اَيۡنُّدال َءٓاَمَّسال اَّنـَّيَز ۡدَقـَل َو
لِل اًم ۡوُجُر اَهٰنۡلَعَج َوۡعَا َو ِنۡيِطٰيَّشَانۡدَت
ِرۡيِعَّسال َابَذَع ۡمُهَل﴿۵﴾
AND UNDOUBTEDLY, WE ADORNED THE LOWER HEAVEN WITH
LAMPS, AND MADE THEM THINGS TO BEAT DEVILS, AND
PREPARED FOR THEM THE TORMENT OF BLAZING FIRE.
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8. ِب ا ۡوُرَفَك َنۡيِذَّلِل َوَج ُابَذَع ۡمِهِبَرَؕمَّنَه
ُرۡي ِصَمۡال َسۡئِب َو﴿۶﴾
AND FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED IN THEIR LORD,
THERE IS THE TORMENT OF HELL. AND WHAT AN
EVIL END IT IS?
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9. َس اَهۡيِف ا ۡوُقۡلُا ۤاَذِاۡيِهَش اَهَل ا ۡوُعِماًق
ُر ۡوُفَت َىِه َّو﴿۷﴾
WHEN THEY SHALL BE THROWN IN IT, THEY
WILL HEAR THE BRAYING AS IT BOILS UP.
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10. ۡال َنِم ُزَّيَمَت ُداَكَتَمَّلُك ِؕظَۡيغَىِقۡلُا ۤا
ۡمُهَلَاَس ج ۡوَف اَهۡيِفۡمَلَا ۤاَهُتَـنََزخ
رۡيِذَن ۡمُكِتۡاَي﴿۸﴾
IT SEEMS THAT IT WILL ALMOST BURST WITH SEVERE FURY.
WHENEVER ANY GROUP SHALL BE THROWN IN IT, ITS
KEEPERS WILL ASK THEM, 'DID NO WARNER COME TO
YOU'?
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11. َنَءٓاَج ۡدَق ىٰلَب ا ۡوُلاَقرۡيِذَن اۙ
َن اَم َانۡلُق َو َانۡبَّذَكَفَش ۡنِم ُ هاّٰلل َلَّزٍء ۡى
ۡىِف ََّّلِا ۡمُتۡنَا ۡنِا ٍۙۙرۡيِبَك ٍلٰلَض
﴿۹﴾
THEY WILL SAY, 'WHY NOT, YES INDEED, THE WARNER
CAME TO US, BUT WE BELIED HIM AND SAID, 'ALLAH HAS
SENT DOWN NOTHING; YOU ARE NOT, BUT IN GREAT
ERROR".
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12. َۡسن اَّنُك ۡوَل ا ۡوُلاَق َوَم ُلِقَۡعن ۡوَا ُعَماَّنُك ا
ۡيِعَّسال ِب ٰح ۡصَا ۤۡىِفِر﴿۱۰﴾
AND THEY WILL SAY, 'IF WE HAD HEARD OR REFLECTED, WE
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AMONG THE FELLOWS OF THE
HELL.
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13. ِب ٰح ۡصَ َِّل اًق ۡحُسَف ۡمِهِبۡۢۡنَذِب ا ۡوُفَرَتۡاعَف
ِرۡيِعَّسال﴿۱۱﴾
NOW THEY CONFESSED THEIR SINS, THEN CURSE BE THE
FELLOWS OF THE HELL.
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14. َۡوش ۡخَي َنۡيِذَّال َّنِاۡالِب ۡمُهَّبَر َنِبَۡيغ
ۡجَا َّو ةَرِفۡغَّم ۡمُهَلرۡيِبَك ر﴿۱۲﴾
UNDOUBTEDLY, THOSE WHO FEAR THEIR LORD UNSEEN,
FOR THEM IS FORGIVENESS AND GREAT REWARD.
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15. َا ۡمُكـَل ۡوَق ا ۡوُّرِسَا َوِا ؕهِب ا ۡوُرَه ۡاج ِوٗهَّن
ُۡودُّصال ِتاَذِب ۡۢمۡيِلَعِر﴿۱۳﴾
AND WHETHER YOU KEEP YOUR DISCOURSE SECRET OR
DISCLOSE, HE KNOWS FULL WELL THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR
BREASTS.
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16. َو َؕقَلَخ ۡنَم ُمَلۡعَي ََّلَاُفۡيِطَّالل َوُه
ُرۡيِبَخۡال﴿۱۴﴾
WILL NOT HE WHO HAS CREATED KNOW? AND IT IS
HE KNOWING EVERY SUBTLE, THE AWARE.
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17. ُكـَل َلَعَج ۡىِذَّال َوُهَض ۡرَ ۡاَّل ُم
ۡىِف ا ۡوُش ۡامَف ًَّل ۡوُلَذُلُك َو اَهِبِكَانَما ۡو
ِهۡيَلِا َو ؕهِق ۡز ِر ۡنِمُر ۡوُشُّنال﴿۱۵﴾
IT IS HE WHO HAS MADE THE EARTH SUBMISSIVE TO YOU,
THEREFORE TRAVERSE THROUGH ITS TRACKS AND EATS OF
HIS PROVISION. AND TO HIM IS THE RISING UP.
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18. ا ۡىِف ۡنَّم ۡمُتۡنِمَاَءۡنَا ِءٓاَمَّسل
ۡرَ ۡاَّل ُمُكِب َفِس ۡخَّيَىِه اَذِاَف َض
ُر ۡوُمَت﴿۱۶﴾
HAVE YOU BECOME FEARLESS OF HIM WHOSE KINGDOM IS IN
THE HEAVEN, THAT HE MAY BURY YOU IN THE EARTH , HENCE
FORTH IT REMAINS SHAKING?
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19. َّسال ىِف ۡنَّم ۡمُتۡنِمَا ۡمَاۡرُّي ۡنَا ِءٓاَمَلِس
َسَف ؕاًب ِاصَح ۡمُكۡيَلَعۡيَك َن ۡوُمَلۡعَتَف
ِرۡيِذَن﴿۱۷﴾
OR HAVE YOU BECOME FEARLESS OF HIM WHOSO KINGDOM
IS IN THE HEAVEN THAT HE MAY SEND AGAINST YOU
STONING. NOW YOU WILL KNOW, HOW WAS MY WARNING?
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20. ۡيِذَّال َبَّذَك ۡدَقـَل َوَف ۡمِهِلۡبَق ۡنِم َنَفۡيَك
ِرۡيِكَن َانَك﴿۱۸﴾
AND UNDOUBTEDLY, THOSE BEFORE THEM BELIED,
THEN HOW WAS MY REJECTION.
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21. ِرۡيَّالط ىَلِا ا ۡوَرَي ۡمَل َوَاهفٰٓص ۡمُهَق ۡوَفٍت
َۙؕن ۡضِبۡقَي َّوِۘس ۡمُي اَمۡحَّالر ََّّلِا َّنُهُكُؕن ٰم
ِصَب ٍۡۢء َۡىش ِلُكِب ٗهَّنِارۡي﴿۱۹﴾
AND HAVE THEY NOT SEEN BIRDS ABOVE THEM, SPREADING
OUT THEIR WINGS AND CLOSING THEM? NONE WITHHOLDS
THEMSELVES THE MOST AFFECTIONATE ALLAH. UNDOUBTEDLY,
HE SEES ALL THINGS.
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22. ُج َوُه ۡىِذَّال اَذٰه ۡنَّمَاُصۡنَي ۡمُكَّل دۡنۡمُكُر
ِنِا ِؕن ٰم ۡحَّالر ِن ُۡود ۡنِمََّّلِا َن ۡوُرِفٰكۡال
ٍر ۡوُرُغ ۡىِف﴿۲۰﴾
OR WHICH IS YOUR ARMY THAT SHALL HELP YOU
AGAINST THE MOST AFFECTIONATE ALLAH? THE
INFIDELS ARE NOT BUT IN DELUSION.
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23. ۡىِذَّال اَذٰه ۡنَّمَاُكُقُز ۡرَيۡم
ۡز ِر َكَس ۡمَا ۡنِاۡلَب ٗهَق
ٍر ۡوُفُن َّو ٍوُتُع ۡىِف ا ۡوُّجَّل
﴿۲۱﴾
OR WHO IS THERE THAT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH
SUSTENANCE IF HE WERE TO WITHHOLD HIS PROVISION?
NAY, THEY OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN INSOLENT IMPIETY AND
FLIGHT (FROM THE TRUTH).
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24. اًّبِكُم ۡىِش ۡمَّي ۡنَمَفَآٰدۡهَا ۤهِه ۡج َو ىٰلَعى
ٍمۡيِقَتۡسُّم ٍاطَر ِص ىٰلَع اًّيِوَس ۡىِش ۡمَّي ۡنَّمَا
﴿۲۲﴾
IS HE WHO WALKS PRONE ON HIS FACE BETTER
GUIDED THAN HE WHO WALKS UPRIGHT ON A
STRAIGHT PATH?
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25. َاَشۡنَا ۤۡىِذَّال َوُه ۡلُقُمُكـَل َلَعَج َو ۡمُك
ا َو َارَصۡبَ ۡاَّل َو َع ۡمَّسالَق ؕ َةَدِٕـــۡفَ َّۡلًلۡيِل
َن ۡوُرُكۡشَت اَّم﴿۲۳﴾
SAY YOU, 'IT IS HE WHO PRODUCED YOU, AND MADE FOR
YOU EARS AND EYES AND HEARTS'. HOW LITTLE YOU ACCEPT
THE TRUTH?
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26. ۡمُكَاَرَذ ۡىِذَّال َوُه ۡلُقِض ۡرَ ۡاَّل ىِف
َن ۡوَُرش ۡحُت ِهۡيَلِا َو﴿۲۴﴾
SAY YOU, 'IT IS HE WHO HAS SPREAD YOU IN THE
EARTH, AND TOWARDS HIM YOU SHALL BE RAISED.
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27. ا اَذٰه ىٰتَم َن ۡوُل ۡوُقَي َوُتۡنُك ۡنِا ُدۡع َوۡلۡم
َنۡيِقِد ٰص﴿۲۵﴾
AND THEY SAY, 'WHEN THIS PROMISE WILL
COME TO PASS. IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL'.
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28. َدۡنِع ُمۡلِعۡال اَمَّنِا ۡلُقِ هاّٰللۤاَمَّنِا َوَانَا
نۡيِبُّم رۡيِذَن﴿۲۶﴾
SAY YOU, 'THE KNOWLEDGE OF IT IS WITH ALLAH,
AND I AM ONLY A CLEAR WARNER'.
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29. ِس ًةَفۡلُز ُه ۡوَاَر اَّمَلَفَّال ُه ۡوُج ُو ۡتَٔــٓيَنۡيِذ
َن ۡوُعَّدَت هِب ۡمُتۡنُك ۡىِذَّال اَذٰه َلۡيِق َو ا ۡوُرَفَك
﴿۲۷﴾
THEN WHEN THEY WILL SEE IT NEAR AT HAND,
THE FACES OF THE INFIDELS WILL BE VEXED, AND
IT WILL BE SAID TO THEM, 'THIS IS WHAT YOU
USED TO ASK FOR'.
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30. َلۡهَا ۡنِا ۡمُتۡيَءَرَا ۡلُقۡنَم َو ُ هاّٰلل َىِنَكـَىِعَّم
َانَم ِحَر ۡوَاِجُّي ۡنَمَف َۙنۡي ِرِفٰكۡال ُرۡيۡنِم
ٍمۡيِلَا ٍباَذَع﴿۲۸﴾
SAY YOU, 'LOOK TO IT, IF ALLAH DESTROYS ME AND
THOSE WITH ME OR HAS MERCY ON US, THEN WHO
WILL PROTECT THE INFIDELS FROM THE PAINFUL
TORMENT'?
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31. ِب اَّنَمٰا ُن ٰم ۡحَّالر َوُه ۡلُقَوَت ِهۡيَلَع َو هَانۡلَّك
ِف َوُه ۡنَم َن ۡوُمَلۡعَتَسَفۡيِبُّم ٍلٰلَض ۡىٍن
﴿۲۹﴾
SAY YOU, 'HE IS THE MOST AFFECTIONATE, WE
BELIEVED IN HIM AND RELIED UPON HIM, THEN
NOW YOU WILL KNOW, WHO IS IN MANIFEST
ERROR'.
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32. ۡصَا ۡنِا ۡمُتۡيَءَرَا ۡلُقَۡوغ ۡمُكُؤٓاَم َحَباًر
ٓاَمِب ۡمُكۡيِتۡاَّي ۡنَمَفٍنۡيِعَّم ٍء﴿۳۰﴾
SAY YOU, 'LOOK TO IT, IF YOUR WATER IN THE
MORNING GO DEEP IN THE EARTH, THEN WHO
WOULD BRING YOU WATER RUNNING
BEFORE YOUR EYES?'
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