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Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 1

سورة الملك، الآية ١

67:1 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 562 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 67:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ۝١

Transliteration

tabāraka alladhī biyadihi l-mul'ku wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Translation

Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

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Verse 1 of Surah Al-Mulk (67:1), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 562 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

The goodness of Allah who solely possesses the kingdom is great and abundant. He is capable of everything, Nothing is outside His ability.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Mulk

Other translations of verse 1

Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion, and He is Most Capable of all things.

Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion; and He is Able to do all things.

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

Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things hath Power;-

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things,

Supremely Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the Kingdom, and He is Ever-Determiner over everything.

Verse 1 word by word

  1. تَبَٰرَكَ tabāraka Blessed is ب ر ك
  2. ٱلَّذِى alladhī He
  3. بِيَدِهِ biyadihi in Whose Hand ي د ي
  4. ٱلْمُلْكُ l-mul'ku (is) the Dominion م ل ك
  5. وَهُوَ wahuwa and He
  6. عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) over
  7. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  8. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  9. قَدِيرٌ qadīrun All-Powerful ق د ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 1400

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A surah of the Qur'an containing thirty verses will intercede its reader till he will be forgiven. That is: "Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the sovereignty" (Surah 67).

سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً تَشْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى يُغْفَرَ لَهُ ‏‏{‏ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ‏}‏ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 6 other versions

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3786

"There is a surah in the Qur'an, with thirty verses, which will intercede for its companion (the one who recites it) until he is forgiven: Tabarakal-ladhi bi yadihil mulk (Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the Dominion)."

"‏ إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ ‏‏{تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ}‏ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 6 other versions

Authentic Muwatta Malik 491

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 Qur'an, and that Surat al-Mulk (Sura 67) pleaded for its owner.

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ ‏{‏قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ‏}‏ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَنَّ ‏{‏تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ…

+ 7 other versions

Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1207

Jabir said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not sleep until he had recited, 'Alif-Lam-Mim. The Sending-down' (32) and 'Blessed is the One in whose hand the kingdom is' (67).'"

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالاَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله…

+ 5 other versions

Verses related to verse 1

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Baqarah 2:28

    كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

  • As-Saffat 37:6–10

    إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ …

    Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Hud 11:4

    إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    To Allāh is your return, and He is over all things competent."

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:120

    لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌۢ

    To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent.

  • Ar-Rum 30:50

    فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِ رَحْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    So observe the effects of the mercy of Allāh - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

  • Ash-Shuraa 42:9

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

  • Al-Hadid 57:2

    لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

  • At-Taghabun 64:1

    يُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allāh. To Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs [all] praise, and He is over all things competent.

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