# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/67. The Kingdom
#### 67. The Kingdom (Al-Mulk)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom, and He is Possessor of power over all thing.
$^2$ Who created death and life that He might try you -- which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,
$^3$ Who created the seven heavens alike. Thou seest no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent. Then look again: Canst thou see any disorder?
$^4$ Then turn the eye again and again -- thy look will return to thee confused, while it is fatigued.
$^5$ And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We make them means of conjectures for the devils, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.
$^6$ And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the chastisement of hell, and evil is the resort.
$^7$ When they are cast therein, they will hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves,
$^8$ Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keepers ask them: Did not a warner come to you?
$^9$ They say: Yea, indeed a warner came to us, but we denied and said Allah has revealed nothing you are only in great error.
$^{10}$ And they say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning Fire.
$^{11}$ Thus they will confess their stns so far (from good) are the inmates of the burning Fire.
$^{12}$ Those who fear their Lord in secret, for them is surely forgiveness and a great reward.
$^{13}$ And conceal your word or manifest it, truly He is Knower of that which is in the hearts.
$^{14}$ Does He not know Who created? And He is the Knower of subtilties, the Aware.
$^{15}$ He it is Who made the earth subservient to you, so go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance. And to Him is the rising (after death).
$^{16}$ Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it will shake.
$^{17}$ Or do you feel secure that He Who is in the Heaven will not send on you a violent wind? Then shall you. know how (truthful) was My warning!
$^{18}$ And cettainly those before them denied, then how (terrible) was My disapproval.
$^{19}$ Do they not see the birds above them spreading and contracting (their wings)? Naught upholds them save the Beneficent. Surely He is Seer of all things.
$^{20}$ Or who is it that will be a host for you to help you against the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but delusion.
$^{21}$ Or who is it that will give you sustenance, if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay, they persist in disdain and aversion.
$^{22}$ Is, then, he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path?
$^{23}$ Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you ears and eyes and hearts. Little thanks it is you give!
$^{24}$ Say: He it is Who multiplies you in the earth and to Him you will be gathered.
$^{25}$ And they say: When will this threat be (executed), if you are truthful?
$^{26}$ Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner.
$^{27}$ But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be grieved, and it will be said: This is that which you used to call for.
$^{28}$ Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me -- rather He will have mercy on us yet who will protect the disbelievers from a painful chastisement?
$^{29}$ Say: He is the Beneficent -- we believe in Him and on Him do we rely. So you will come to know who it is that is in clear error.
$^{30}$ Say: Have you considered if your water should subside, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?