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{{Short description|67th chapter of the Quran}}
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{{infobox surah
| number         = 67
| number-3       = 067
| name           = Al-Mulk
| name-ar        = الملك
| name-en        = The Dominion
| prev_sura      = Quran 66
| next_sura      = Quran 68
| classification = Meccan
| othernames     = 'The Kingdom'
| juz            = 29 
| rukus          = 2
| verses         = 30
| words          = 337
| letters        = 1316
| Muqattaat      = <!-- only if applicable -->
| Sajdahs        = <!-- only if applicable -->
| audio          = Chapter 67, Al-Mulk (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
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{{Quran}}
'''Al-Mulk'''<ref name = "Quran 4 U">{{cite web|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/067%20Mulk.htm |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Mulk |work=Quran 4 U|author= Ibn Kathir|author-link= Ibn Kathir|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> ({{langx|ar| الملك|lit=the Sovereignty', 'the Kingdom}}) is the [[List of chapters in the Quran|67th chapter]] ([[surah]]) of the [[Quran]], comprising 30 [[ayat|verses]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/067.htm|title=The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'ân,: 67. al-Mulk: The Kingdom|website=www.sacred-texts.com|accessdate=30 December 2022}}</ref> Surah Al Mulk emphasizes the greatness of Allah and His creation, urging believers to reflect on the signs of God's power in the universe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=Surah Al Mulk (1-30) |url=https://e-maan.com/surah-al-mulk |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=e-maan.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Summary==
*'''1-3''' Praise to the Almighty, Allah, the [[Creator in Islam|Creator]] and Ruler of all things 
*'''3-5''' The perfection of the works of God, seen in the [[Jannah|heavens]], glorify him
*'''5''' We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and have made them missiles with which to pelt the devils; and We have prepared for them the punishment of the raging fire
*'''6-8''' Torments of [[hell in Islam|hell]] prepared for unbelievers
*'''8-11''' Infidels shall confess in hell their folly in calling Muhammad an impostor
*'''12''' Verily those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and a great reward.
*'''13-14''' God knoweth all things
*'''15-18''' God shall destroy unbelievers
*'''19-24''' Unbelievers ungrateful to the God who sustains them in life
*'''25-28''' They challenged the Prophet to hasten the judgment-day, but they shall dread its approach
*'''29-30''' The Merciful the only protector on that day<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to [[Sale's Text]], Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
{{Quote box
| title = Al-Mulk, 23-24
| quote = “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.” (67:23)<br>Allah it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you will be mustered (67:24)
| source = [[Quran|Al-Qur'an]], [[Juz'|Juz]] 29
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==Placement and coherence with other surahs==
The idea of textual relation between the verses of a chapter has been discussed under various titles such as ''nazm'' and ''munasabah'' in non-English literature and ''coherence'', ''text relations'', ''intertextuality'', and ''unity'' in English literature. [[Hamiduddin Farahi]], an [[Islamic]] scholar of the [[Indian subcontinent]], is known for his work on the concept of nazm, or coherence, in the Quran. [[Fakhruddin al-Razi]] (died 1209 CE),  Zarkashi (died 1392) and several other classical as well as contemporary Quranic scholars have contributed to the studies.<ref name=farrahi>{{cite book|last=Hamiduddin Farahi|author-link=Hamiduddin Farahi|first=translated by Tariq Mahmood Hashmi|title=Exordium to coherence in the Quran : an English translation of Fātiḥah Niẓām al-Qurʼān|year=2008|publisher=al-Mawrid|location=Lahore|isbn=978-9698799571|edition=1st}}</ref> The entire Qur'an thus emerges as a well-

connected and systematic book.<ref>{{cite book|author= Islahi, Amin Ahsan| year = 2003| editor-link = John Esposito| title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam| editor-last = Esposito| editor-first = John| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]| isbn = 0-19-512558-4|url = http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1086 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141228201612/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1086 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 28 December 2014 }}</ref> Each division has a distinct theme. Topics within a division are more or less in the order of revelation. Within each division, each member of the pair complements the other in various ways. The seven divisions are as follows:

{|class="wikitable"
! Group !! From !! To !! Central theme
|-
| 1 || [[Al-Fatiha]] {{quran-usc|1|1}} || [[Al-Ma'ida]] {{quran-usc|5|1}} || [[Sharia|Islamic law]]
|-
| 2 || [[Al-An'am]] {{quran-usc|6|1}} || [[At-Tawba]] {{quran-usc|9|1}} || The consequences of denying [[Muhammad]] for the [[polytheism|polytheists]] of [[Mecca]]
|-
| 3 || [[Yunus (sura)|Yunus]] {{quran-usc|10|1}} || [[An-Nur]] {{quran-usc|24|1}} || Glad tidings of Muhammad's domination
|-
| 4 || [[Al-Furqan]] {{quran-usc|25|1}} || [[Al-Ahzab]] {{quran-usc|33|1}} || Arguments on the prophethood of Muhammad and the requirements of faith in him
|-
| 5 || [[Saba (sura)|Saba]] {{quran-usc|34|1}} || [[Al-Hujraat]] {{quran-usc|49|1}} || Arguments on [[monotheism]] and the requirements of [[faith]] in it
|-
| 6 || [[Qaf (sura)|Qaf]] {{quran-usc|50|1}} || [[At-Tahrim]] {{quran-usc|66|1}} || Arguments on [[Akhirah|afterlife]] and the requirements of faith in it
|-
| 7 || Al-Mulk {{quran-usc|67|1}} || [[An-Nas]] {{quran-usc|114|1}} || Admonition to the [[Quraysh]] about their fate in the Herein and the Hereafter if they deny Muhammad
|}

This surah belongs to the last (7th) group of surahs which starts from Surah Al-Mulk (67) and runs until the end of the Quran. According to [[Javed Ahmad Ghamidi]]: "The theme of this group is Warning the leadership of the Quraysh of the consequences of the Hereafter, and delivering glad tidings to Muhammad of the supremacy of the truth in Arabia. This theme gradually reaches its culmination through the arrangement of various surahs in this group."<ref name ="ghamdi">[[Javed Ahmad Ghamidi]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.javedahmedghamidi.org/#!/%7B%7B%20MetaInformation.getUrl()%20%7D%7D|title=Meta Information|website=Website for Javed Ahmad Ghamidi|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Phase !! From !! To !! Central theme
|-
| I || Al-Mulk {{quran-usc|67|1}} || [[Al-Jinn]] {{quran-usc|72|1}} || Indhar (Warning)
|-
| II || [[Al-Muzzammil]] {{quran-usc|73|1}} || [[Al-Inshirah]] {{quran-usc|94|1}} || Indhar-i ‘am (Augmented Warning)
|-
| III || [[At-Tin]] {{quran-usc|95|1}} || [[Quraysh (surah)]] {{quran-usc|106|1}} || Itmam al-Hujjah (Conclusive Communication of the Truth)
|-
| IV || [[Al-Ma'un]] {{quran-usc|107|1}} || [[Al-Ikhlas]] {{quran-usc|112|1}} || Hijrah and Bara’ah (Migration and Acquittal)
|-
| V || [[Al-Falaq]] {{quran-usc|113|1}} || [[Al-Nas]] {{quran-usc|114|1}} || The Conclusion/The End
|}

==Hadith==
* [[Ahmad ibn Hanbal|Imam Ahmad]] recorded from [[Abu Hurayrah]] that Muhammad said,"Verily, there is a chapter in the Quran which contains thirty Ayat that will intercede on behalf of its reciter until he is forgiven. (It is): 'Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion. (Surah Al-Mulk 67)'"<ref>[This Hadith was collected by At-Tirmidhi and the four Sunan Compilers. At-Tirmidhi said concerning it, "This is a [[Hadith terminology#Ḥasan|Hasan Hadith]].]</ref><ref>([[Jami` at-Tirmidhi]] Hadith 2891) Imaam [[at-Tirmidhi]] has classified this narration as Hasan (sound) and Imaam [[Ibn Hibban]] and [[Abu Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri]] regarded it as Sahih (authentic). See Saheeh ibn Hibbaan vol. 3,  p. 67-69 and [[Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain]] vol. 2, p. 498</ref><ref>[[Abu Dawood]], [[Ahmad ibn Hanbal|Imam Ahmad]], [[at-Tirmidhi]], Riyad as-Salihin by Imam [[Al-Nawawi]] Ch.183 #1016</ref>
* Muhammad said, 'There is a [[surah]] in the Quran which is only thirty verses. It defends whoever recites it until it puts him into [[Jannah]]'<ref>Fath al Qadir 5/257, Sahihul Jamiea 1/680, Tabrani in Al-Awsat & Ibn Mardawaith</ref>
* [[Anas ibn Malik]] reported Muhammad as saying, "There is a Surah which will plead for its reciter till it causes him to enter paradise."<ref>[[Al-Tabarani]]</ref>
* Muhammad said, '[https://quranforkids.com/surah-al-mulk/ Surah al Mulk] is the protector from the torment of the grave'<ref>Sahihul Jamiea 1/680, [[Abu Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri]] - [[Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain]] 2/498 & [[Al-Nasa'i]]</ref>
* Jabir said it was the custom of not to go to sleep until he had read Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk(Al-Mulk) and Alif Laam Meem Tanzeel ([[As-Sajda]]).<ref>Ahmad, Tirmidhi and [[Sunan al-Darimi]]</ref>
* He used to recite Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk (in Arabic) before sleeping.<ref>At-Tirmithi, An-Nasa'i. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami As-Saghir 4/255</ref>
* Ibn 'Abbas reported that Muhammad said, 'It is my desire/love that Surahtul Mulk should be in the heart of every Muslim'<ref>[Hakim, al-Hisnul Haseen by the classical scholar Muhammad al-Jazri]</ref>
* [[Ibn Abbas]] said that one of Muhammad's companions set up his tent over a grave without realising that it was a grave and it contained a man who was reciting the Surah Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk up to the end. He went and told Muhammad who said, 'It is The Defender; it is The Protector which safeguards from Allah Ta'ala's Punishment'<ref>[[at-Tirmidhi]]</ref>
* Khalid bin Madam said about surat Al Mulk and [[As-Sajda]] that these two surahs will fight for their reciter in the grave and will say, 'O Allah! If we belong to Your book, accept our intercession in his favour. In case we do not, get us obliterated. These surahs will spread their wings like birds and will save the person from the torment of the grave.'<ref>Mishkat al-Misbah</ref>
* It was narrated that [[Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud]] said: Whoever reads Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk [i.e. Surah al-Mulk] every night, Allah will protect him from the torment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of Allah, we used to call it al-mani'ah (that which protects). In the Book of [[Allah]] it is a surah which, whoever recites it every night has done very well.<ref>[[Al-Nasa'i]]</ref><ref>[Sahih at-Targhib wat-Tarhib, no. 1475]</ref>
* [[Abdullah ibn Masud]] is reported to have said, 'A man will be approached in his grave from his legs and from his chest and then from his head. And each time this Surah will defend him by saying, 'You cannot do anything to him, he used to recite Surah Mulk'.'
* [[Abdullah ibn Masud]] further states, 'It is called, 'Al-maani'ah'. For it protects from the punishment of the [[grave]].'<ref>(Mustadrak al-Haakim vol.2, p. 498). [[Abu Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri]] has classified this narration as [[Hadith terminology#Ṣaḥīḥ|Saheeh]] (authentic) and Haafiz Zahabiy has confirmed this.</ref>
* [[Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab|Ibn Umar]] said that once that [[Muhammad]] recited verse 2 (the One Who created death and life so that He may test you as to which of you is better in deeds) and when he reached the words "better in deeds", he stopped and explained that 'better in deeds' is the person who abstains most from the things [[Allah]] has forbidden and is always ready to obey Him."
* Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf had told him that Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112) was equal to a third of the Quran, and that Surat al-mulk (Sura 67) pleaded for its owner.<ref>[[Imam Malik]]'s Muwatta Chapter No: 15, The Quran, Hadith no: 19 Narrated by [[Imam Malik]]</ref>

Surah Mulk has multiple benefits and Virtues, even it is one of the most beneficial chapters of Qur'an spiritually and theoritically.

==In popular culture==
{{Main|Fireman Sam#Controversies}}
[[File:Fireman Sam Quran.jpg|thumb|Al-Mulk verses 13-26 appearing in ''[[Fireman Sam]]''.]]
In July 2016, it emerged that in the 2014 ''[[Fireman Sam]]'' episode "Troubled Waters" (Series 9, Episode 6) – in which Elvis slips on a piece of paper and falls into a stack of sheets of paper, causing them to fly everywhere – one of the flying pages that briefly came into view was identified as Al-Mulk, verses 13–26".<ref name="Quran">{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Patrick|title=Fireman Sam episode pulled amid Koran row|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36900310|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 July 2016|date=27 July 2016}}</ref> The production company Mattel apologised for this accident, removed the episode from broadcast, and ceased work with Xing Xing, the animation company responsible for the error. Mattel stated: "Someone from the production company thought they were just putting in random text.<ref name="Quran"/> We have no reason to believe it was done maliciously." It was at first thought that this episode would have to be removed from broadcast circulation, but instead was censored by having the scene edited to show Elvis just slipping on a blank piece of paper, so the television networks were still able to broadcast it.<ref name="Quran"/> The [[BBC]] received more than 1,000 complaints and forwarded them to [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] as the BBC has not aired Fireman Sam since 2008.<ref name="Quran"/>

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [https://faizeislam.net/quran/surah-al-mulk/ Surah Mulk]
* [https://quranislife.com/quran/surah-mulk/ Surah Mulk Read Online]

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