The Sovereignty
Surah
Al-Mulk
67

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Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything.

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˹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.

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˹He is the One˺ Who created seven heavens, one above the other. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most Compassionate.1 So look again: do you see any flaws?

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Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary.

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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.1 

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Those who disbelieve in their Lord will suffer the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination!

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When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over,

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almost bursting in fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did a warner not come to you?”

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They will reply, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has revealed nothing. You are extremely astray.’”

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And they will lament, “If only we had listened and reasoned, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!”

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