الملك
The Sovereignty
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
amman hādhā alladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka riz'qahu bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwin wanufūrin
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihi ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
qul huwa alladhī ansha-akum wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna
Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful."
qul huwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
qul innamā l-ʿil'mu ʿinda l-lahi wa-innamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun
Say, "The knowledge is only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."
falammā ra-awhu zul'fatan sīat wujūhu alladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi taddaʿūna
But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."
qul ara-aytum in ahlakaniya l-lahu waman maʿiya aw raḥimanā faman yujīru l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīmin
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered: whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
qul huwa l-raḥmānu āmannā bihi waʿalayhi tawakkalnā fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."
qul ara-aytum in aṣbaḥa māukum ghawran faman yatīkum bimāin maʿīnin
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"