Text of verse 114:2
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢
Transliteration
maliki l-nāsi
Translation
The Sovereign of mankind,
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah An-Nas, Verse 2
سورة الناس، الآية ٢
Verse 2 of Surah An-Nas (114:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 604 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 2
Al-Mukhtasar
“The King of the people, who does whatever He wishes with them. They do not have any real king other than Him.”
Other translations of verse 2
the Sovereign of mankind1,
Notes
[1] i.e., the King of mankind.
"The King of mankind -2
Notes
[2] (V.114:2) The Statement of Allâh عز وجل: ‘The King of mankind.’ Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allâh will grasp the whole (planet of) earth (by His Hand) and shall roll up the heaven with His Right Hand and say, ‘I am the King. Where are the kings of the earth?’" (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.9, Hadith No.479).
The King of mankind,
The King (or Ruler) of Mankind,
The King of men,
The King of mankind,
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Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 7382
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allah will hold the whole earth and fold the heaven with His right hand and say, 'I am the King: where are the kings of the earth?" '
يَقْبِضُ اللَّهُ الأَرْضَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَيَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ "
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 814b
Verses were revealed to me, the like of which has never been seen; Al-Mu‘awwidhatayn
"Verses were revealed to me, the like of which has never been seen; Al-Mu‘awwidhatayn."
أُنْزِلَتْ - عَلَىَّ آيَاتٌ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ "