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Surah 67.  Al-Mulk

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1.  Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and He is Able to do all things.

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

3.  Who has created seven heavens in harmony.  You can see no fault in the Benevolent One's creation; then look again:  Can you see any rifts?

4.  Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you weakened and made dim.

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

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

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

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

9.  They say:  Yea, surely, a warner came to us; but we denied and said:  ALLAH has sent down nothing; you are in nothing but a great error.

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

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

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

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

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

 


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