067- AL- MULK
SOVEREIGNTY
Although there are no definitive accounts as to when al-Mulk was revealed, most consider it to be from the middle of the Makkan period. In the sayings attributed to the Prophet, it is called by the first word, Tabārak, meaning “Blessed,” or by the first few words, Tabāraka al-ladhī bi yadihiʾl-mulk, “Blessed Is He in Whose Hand Lies Sovereignty.” It is also known as alMāniʿ, meaning “The Shield” or “The Protector,” after a famous ḥadīth: “Sūrat Tabārak is a shield (māniʿ) from the punishment of the grave.” According to some it was also known as alMunjiyyah, “The Savior,” after another ḥadith: “Verily, there is a sūrah in the Quran which contains thirty verses that will intercede on behalf of one who recites it until he is forgiven: Blessed is He in Whose Hand lies sovereignty” (IK, Ṭs). Another ḥadīth states, “There is a sūrah of the Quran which is but thirty verses that will argue on behalf of its companion until it causes him to enter the Garden: Blessed is He in Whose Hand lies sovereignty”.
Based upon such aḥādīth and upon several sayings of the Companions of the Prophet, it is believed that one who recites this sūrah will be spared from trials in both this life and the next. It is also reported that the Prophet said regarding al-Mulk, “I would love for it to be in the heart of every person among my community” (IK, Sy). Consequently, this is one of the best known and most frequently recited sūrahs of the Quran.
The sūrah begins with an attestation to God’s omnipotence and the perfection of creation (vv. 1–4), followed by an assertion of the inability of the jinn to penetrate the heavens (v. 5). The dreadful ends of those who deny God’s messengers (vv. 6–11) are contrasted with the final ends of those who fear God (v. 12). God’s omnipotence and omniscience is then reasserted through a series of interposed statements and rhetorical questions (vv. 13–24), and the sūrah concludes with a series of questions that the Prophet is told to pose to those who question him regarding the end of time (vv. 25–30).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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