تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ HALLOWED be He in whose hand all dominion rests, since He has the power to will anything: (1) الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ He who has created death as well as life, so that He might put you to a test [and thus show] which of you is best in conduct, and [make you realize that] He alone is almighty, truly forgiving. (2) الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا مَا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِنْ فُطُورٍ [Hallowed be] He who has created seven heavens in full harmony with one another: no fault wilt thou see in the creation of the Most Gracious. And turn thy vision [upon it] once more: canst thou see any flaw? (3) ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ Yea, turn thy vision [upon it] again and yet again: [and every time] thy vision will fall back upon thee, dazzled and truly defeated.... (4) وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ And, indeed, We have adorned the skies nearest to the earth with lights, and have made them the object of futile guesses for the evil ones [from among men]: and for them have We readied suffering through a blazing flame (5) وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ for suffering in hell awaits all who are [thus] bent on blaspheming against their Sustainer: and how vile a journey's end! (6) إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ When they are cast into that [hell], they will hear its breath indrawing as it boils up, (7) تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَا أُلْقِيَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ well-nigh bursting with fury; [and] every time a host [of such sinners] is flung into it, its keepers will ask them, "Has no warner ever come to you?" (8) قَالُوا بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَاءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ كَبِيرٍ They will reply: "Yea, a warner did indeed come unto us, but we gave him the lie and said, `Never has God sent down anything [by way of revelation]! You [self-styled warners] are but lost in a great delusion!'" (9) وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ And they will add: "Had we but listened [to those warnings], or [at least] used our own reason, we would not [now] be among those who are destined for the blazing flame!" (10) |
Abdullah Yusuf Ali Blessed5554 be He in Whose hands is Dominion;5555 and He over all things hath Power;- (Translation) 5554. What do we mean when we bless the name of Allah, or proclaim (in the optative mood) that the whole Creation should bless the name of the Lord? We mean that we recognise and proclaim His beneficence to us; for all increase and happiness is through Him, "in His hands"?in the hands of Him Who also holds Dominion or Power. In our human affairs we sometimes see the separation of Dominion or Power from Goodness or Beneficence: in the divine nature we recognise that there is no separadon or antithesis. 5555. Mulk: Dominion, Lordship, Sovereignty, the Right to carry out His Will, or to do all that He wills. Power (in the clause following) is the Capacity to carry out His Will, so that nothing can resist or neutralise it. Here is beneficence completely identified with Lordship and Power; and it is exemplified in the verses following. Note that Mulk here has a different shade of meaning from Malakut in 36:83. Both words are from the same root, and I have translated both by the word "Dominion". But Malakut refers to Lordship in the invisible World, while Mulk to Lordship in the visible World. Allah is Lord of both. Buy this commentary from Amazon  .Other Translations of Verse : • Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things hath Power;- (Abdullah Yusuf Ali) • Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things. (Mohamed Marmaduke Pickthall) • Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things, (M. H. Shakir) • Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion, and He is Able to do all things. (Taqiuddin Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan) • Blest be He in whose hand is the dominion, and He is over everything Potent. (Abdul-Majid Daryabadi) • Blessed be He in whose Hand is the Kingdom, He is powerful over all things, (Hassan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish) • Blessed be He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He is powerful over everything; (Muhammad Ayub Khan) • Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom, and He has power over all things; (Sher Ali) • HALLOWED be He in whose hand all dominion rests, since He has the power to will anything: (Muhammad Asad) • Blessed be He in whose hand is the Kingdom -- He is powerful over everything -- (Arthur John Arberry) |