PART 29

The Sovereignty

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[67:1]

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things.

[67:2]

Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

[67:3]

Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One’s creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts ?

[67:4]

Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.

[67:5]

And verily We have beautified the world’s heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.

[67:6]

And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey’s end!

[67:7]

When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,

[67:8]

As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner ?

[67:9]

They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.

[67:10]

And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames.

[67:11]

So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.

[67:12]

Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.