Theme and Subject MatterIn this surah, on the one hand, the teachings of Islam have been introduced briefly, and, on the other, the people living in heedlessness have been aroused from their slumber in a most effective way. (Tell me! قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ, Qul huwal lazee ansha akum wa ja’ala lakumus sam’a wal absaara wal af’idata qaleelam maa tashkuroon 23.
Hence, the right basis of morality is that man should avoid evil, fearing the accountability of the unseen God, whether in the world there is a power to take him to task for this or not, and whether in the world there is a possibility of being harmed by such a power or not. In other words, if all the water, which people draw from the wells easily, were to disappear into the depths of the earth, do they have any power through which they will be able to obtain pure running water? 17); (Surah Ta-Ha Ayat 134); (Surah Al-Qasas Ayats 47, 59, 65 and E.Ns 66, 83); (Surah Fatir, Ayat 37); (Surah Al-Momin, Ayat 50 and E.N.
In the first five verses man has been made to realize that the universe in which he lives is a most well organized and fortified Kingdom in which he cannot detect any fault, any weakness or flaw, how ever hard he may try to probe. ﴿35:45﴾ Here Allah says. 3. Topics within a division are more or less in the order of revelation. means, with what is beneficial and suitable for all of His creatures.
It is not for the Prophet to tell you the exact time and date of the event. Surah Al Insan 77.
Surah Az Zalzalah 100. 16.
[67:3] Who has created seven skies, one over the other. Surah Al Kafirun 110. To Him will you be resurrected.24 (67:16) Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven25 will not cause the earth to cave in with you, and then suddenly it will begin to rock violently? This Kingdom has been brought from nothing into existence by Allah Almighty Himself and All the powers of controlling, administering and ruling it are also entirely in Allah’s hand and His power is infinite.
See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami As-Saghir 4/255, [Hakim, al-Hisnul Haseen by the classical scholar Muhammad al-Jazri], "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Mulk", https://www.javedahmedghamidi.org/#!/quran-home, Best Real time Visualization of Surah Mulk with English translation, for non-Muslims, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Mulk&oldid=983311220, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Arguments on the prophethood of Muhammad and the requirements of faith in him, Itmam al-Hujjah (Conclusive Communication of the Truth), Hijrah and Bara’ah (Migration and Acquittal), Muhammad said, 'Surah al Mulk is the protector from the torment of the grave', 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 (.
Every person needs to draw a lesson from the punishment meted out to them.
(and eat of His provision.) (and worn out.) They would try to make them confess that Allah had not kept them uninformed and unwarned. No doubt, the element of test is available in ‘life’ too, because every step of one’s life reminds him of his own inability and powerlessness as against Allah’s absolute power, which creates in him the tendency to act righteously. Then He caused the congealed water to melt gradually and allow it to seep or soak into the earth through the pores or small interstices of the mountains and allowed a network of melted water to spread throughout the earth without any pipeline.
(67:12) Surely forgiveness and a mighty reward19 await those who fear Allah without seeing Him.18 (67:13) Whether you speak in secrecy or aloud, (it is all the same to Allah). Surah Hadid 58.
Surah Al Qiyama 76. Then Allah says.
Surah Al Hujurat 50. This is as He says. Allah has equipped man with ‘nose’ to smell, with ‘tongue’ to taste, with ‘ears’ to hear and with ‘eyes’ to see; Allah has spread ‘skin’ throughout man’s body to feel. Your hopes that torment and exemplary punishment will strike us, will not benefit you.
Allah rebukes them for what they believe, and He informs them that they will not attain that which they hope for. بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ (in Whose hand is the Kingdom): The word Yad (hand) is attributed to Allah at many places in the Qur’an, whereas He is beyond having a body, limbs or organs. Izaaa ulqoo feehaa sami’oo lahaa shaheeqanw wa hiya tafoor 7. 7. Surah Al Qadr 98. History also bears example to this. In the verses that follow the subject of punishment for unbelievers and of re-ward for believers and the obedient is taken up, thus: وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ (And for those who disbelieve, there is the punishment of Jahannam …67:6). This means that He is the Almighty, the Most Great, the Most Powerful and the Most Honorable. 21. That is, the object of giving life to man in the world and causing his death is to test him to see which of them is best in deeds.
Look at the birds that fly above you; it is only Allah Who is sustaining them in the air.
Then return [your] vision twice again. When the superlative tabaraka is formed from it, it gives the meaning that Allah is infinitely noble and great.
(your sight will return to you Khasi’,) Ibn `Abbas said that Khasi’ means humiliated. He will gather you all just as He separated you and He will bring you back again just as He originated you. Who created life and death that he may try you which of you is best in conduct.
It should be noted here that Allah did not say ‘which of you does more deeds’, but said ‘which of you is better in deeds’. That is, while you move about on the earth and eat of what Allah has provided for you here, you should not forget that ultimately you have to appear before God one day.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: Who am I? (Is not He who made them to walk on their legs able to make them walk on their faces”) This Hadith is also recorded in the Two Sahihs.