Surah Al-Mulk is the 67th chapter: 30 Makki ayahs in Juz 29 (mushaf pages 562–564), also called Tabarak. Quran.com lists revelation order 77. Two rukus span ayahs 1–14 and 15–30. Read the full surah below with translation, word-by-word, and audio.
This is the full Surah Mulk (Surah Al Mulk, Surah e Mulk): all thirty ayahs in Arabic with Saheeh International English, optional M. Pickthall, transliteration, and Quran.com word-by-word glosses. Use the reader below for verse audio (EveryAyah / Quranicaudio, credited), reciter switch, and loop modes — or open the mushaf-style read-online page. For Surah Mulk transliteration study and Surah Mulk in English, follow those dedicated pages rather than duplicating them here.
By Surah Mulk Team · Last updated
| Surah number | 67 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | سورة الملك |
| Meaning | The Dominion / Sovereignty |
| Other names | Tabarak · Al-Maani'ah · Al-Waqiyah (glossary) |
| Verses | 30 |
| Classification | Makki (Quran.com) |
| Revelation order | 77 (source) |
| Rukus | 2 (Ayahs 1–14 and 15–30) (Quran.com) |
| Juz | 29 |
| Pages (standard mushaf) | 562–564 |
| Arabic words | 336 (counted from the Uthmani text on this page; other published counts differ by counting method) |
| Recitation time | 5 min 57 sec – 8 min 13 sec |
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أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِی بِیَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ قَدِیرٌ
Tabaarakal lazee biyadihil mulku wa huwa 'alaa kulli shai-in qadeer
Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ لِیَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَیُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلࣰاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ
Allazee khalaqal mawta walhayaata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu 'amalaa; wa huwal 'azeezul ghafoor
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَـٰوَ ٰتࣲ طِبَاقࣰاۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِی خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ مِن تَفَـٰوُتࣲۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورࣲ
Allazee khalaqa sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqam maa taraa fee khalqir rahmaani min tafaawutin farji'il basara hal taraa min futoor
[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَیۡنِ یَنقَلِبۡ إِلَیۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئࣰا وَهُوَ حَسِیرࣱ
Summar ji'il basara karrataini yanqalib ilaikal basaru khaasi'anw wa huwa haseer
Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَلَقَدۡ زَیَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا بِمَصَـٰبِیحَ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهَا رُجُومࣰا لِّلشَّیَـٰطِینِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِیرِ
Wa laqad zaiyannas samaaa'ad dunyaa bimasaa beeha wa ja'alnaahaa rujoomal lish shayaateeni wa a'tadnaa lahum 'azaabas sa'eer
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَلِلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِیرُ
Wa lillazeena kafaroo bi rabbihim 'azaabu jahannama wa bi'sal maseer
And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
إِذَاۤ أُلۡقُوا۟ فِیهَا سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا شَهِیقࣰا وَهِیَ تَفُورُ
Izaaa ulqoo feehaa sami'oo lahaa shaheeqanw wa hiya tafoor
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
تَكَادُ تَمَیَّزُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَیۡظِۖ كُلَّمَاۤ أُلۡقِیَ فِیهَا فَوۡجࣱ سَأَلَهُمۡ خَزَنَتُهَاۤ أَلَمۡ یَأۡتِكُمۡ نَذِیرࣱ
Takaadu tamayyazu minal ghaizi kullamaaa uliqya feehaa fawjun sa alahum khazanatuhaaa alam yaatikum nazeer
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَاۤءَنَا نَذِیرࣱ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَیۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ كَبِیرࣲ
Qaaloo balaa qad jaaa'anaa nazeerun fakazzabnaa wa qulnaa maa nazzalal laahu min shai in in antum illaa fee dalaalin kabeer
They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِیۤ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِیرِ
Wa qaaloo law kunnaa nasma'u awna'qilu maa kunnaa feee as haabis sa'eer
And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
فَٱعۡتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقࣰا لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِیرِ
Fa'tarafoo bizambihim fasuhqal li as haabis sa'eer
And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ یَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَیۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةࣱ وَأَجۡرࣱ كَبِیرࣱ
Innal lazeena yakhshawna rabbahum bilghaibi lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun kabeer
Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦۤۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِیمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
Wa asirroo qawlakum awijharoo bihee innahoo 'aleemum bizaatis sudoor
And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَلَا یَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِیفُ ٱلۡخَبِیرُ
Alaa ya'lamu man khalaq wa huwal lateeful khabeer
Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولࣰا فَٱمۡشُوا۟ فِی مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَیۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ
Huwal lazee ja'ala lakumul arda zaloolan famshoo fee manaakibihaa wa kuloo mir rizqihee wa ilaihin nushoor
It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ أَن یَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِیَ تَمُورُ
'A-amintum man fissamaaa'i aiyakhsifa bi kumul arda fa izaa hiya tamoor
Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ أَن یُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ حَاصِبࣰاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَیۡفَ نَذِیرِ
Am amintum man fissamaaa'i ai yursila 'alaikum haasiban fasata'lamoona kaifa nazeer
Or do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ نَكِیرِ
Wa laqad kazzabal lazeena min qablihim fakaifa kaana nakeer
And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّیۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَـٰۤفَّـٰتࣲ وَیَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا یُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَیۡءِۭ بَصِیرٌ
Awalam yaraw ilat tairi fawqahum saaaffaatinw wa yaqbidn; maa yumsikuhunna illaar rahmaan; innahoo bikulli shai im baseer
Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَمَّنۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی هُوَ جُندࣱ لَّكُمۡ یَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِی غُرُورٍ
Amman haazal lazee huwa jundul lakum yansurukum min doonir rahmaan; inilkaafiroona illaa fee ghuroor
Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَمَّنۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی یَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِی عُتُوࣲّ وَنُفُورٍ
Amman haazal lazee yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqah; bal lajjoo fee 'utuwwinw wa nufoor
Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
أَفَمَن یَمۡشِی مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦۤ أَهۡدَىٰۤ أَمَّن یَمۡشِی سَوِیًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَ ٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِیمࣲ
Afamai yamshee mukibban 'alaa wajhihee ahdaaa ammany yamshee sawiyyan 'alaa siratim mustaqeem
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَـٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡءِدَةَۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ
Qul huwal lazee ansha akum wa ja'ala lakumus sam'a wal absaara wal af'idata qaleelam maa tashkuroon
Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِی ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَیۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ
Qul huwal lazee zara akum fil ardi wa ilaihi tuhsharoon
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
وَیَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ
Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَاۤ أَنَا۠ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ
Qul innamal 'ilmu 'indallaahi wa innamaaa ana nazeerum mubeen
Say, "The knowledge is only with Allah, and I am only a clear warner."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةࣰ سِیۤءَتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِیلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ
Falaammaa ra-awhu zulfatan seee'at wujoohul lazeena kafaroo wa qeela haazal lazee kuntum bihee tadda'oon
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."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ أَرَءَیۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِیَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِیَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن یُجِیرُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمࣲ
Qul ara'aytum in ahlaka niyal laahu wa mam ma'iya aw rahimanaa famai-yujeerul kaafireena min 'azaabin aleem
Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَیۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینࣲ
Qul huwar rahmaanu aamannaa bihee wa 'alaihi tawakkalnaa fasata'lamoona man huwa fee dalaalim mubeen
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."
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
قُلۡ أَرَءَیۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَاۤؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرࣰا فَمَن یَأۡتِیكُم بِمَاۤءࣲ مَّعِینِۭ
Qul ara'aytum in asbaha maaa'ukum ghawran famai yaateekum bimaaa'im ma'een
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
Arabic: Uthmani script, Hafs 'an 'Asim. English: Saheeh International, text from Tanzil.net. Transliteration: Surah Mulk Team. Audio: QuranicAudio.com and EveryAyah.com. Hadith: sunnah.com.
Verses 1–5
The surah opens with Tabarak alladhi biyadihil mulk — blessed is He in whose hand is all dominion. These verses establish that every throne, galaxy, and breath belongs to Allah alone. Ibn Kathir and Al-Jalalayn both treat this opening as the chapter’s anchor: tawhid expressed as ownership, not abstract theology. The believer is reminded that no power in creation operates outside His decree.
Verse 2
Allah states that He created death and life to test which deeds are best. The test is measured by ihsan — sincerity and excellence — not by volume alone. As-Sa'di and other commentators stress that worldly comfort and hardship are both part of the examination. Surah Al-Mulk therefore pairs cosmic power with personal accountability from its second verse onward.
Verses 3–4
Allah describes seven heavens built without flaw and repeats the command to look again — the more one reflects, the clearer the Creator’s workmanship becomes. Al-Tabari preserves early opinions on these verses as proof against denial of divine origin. The surah invites observation, not blind assertion: perfection in the sky is offered as evidence for faith in the One who fashioned it.
Verses 6–11
Those who reject the Messenger face descriptions of Hell’s roaring, regret in the grave, and the inability to ransom themselves on the Day of Judgment. The tone is severe because denial of the Hereafter has consequences, yet the passage still leaves room for repentance before death. Classical tafsir links these warnings to the surah’s nightly recitation — remembering the end while the night is still a time for turning back.
Verses 12–14
Forgiveness is promised for those who fear Allah though they cannot see Him — in secret, with trembling hearts. Al-Qurtubi and others note that this mercy sits beside the warnings, balancing awe with hope. The surah does not end on despair; it closes by affirming that Allah knows what is hidden and what is declared, and that His knowledge encompasses every act of sincere worship.
Abu Hurayrah (RA) reported that a surah of thirty verses intercedes for its reciter until forgiveness — Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA) is reported to have connected nightly recitation of Tabarak with protection from punishment in the grave — not the Ibn Abbas tent report in Tirmidhi 2890.
Jabir (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not sleep until he recited Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk.
Full narrations, parallel routes, and grades: Surah Mulk hadith and their grades.
Hadith reports often mention bedtime; daytime recitation for reflection is still rewarded. The single page that owns Surah Mulk best time to read — with graded sources and a step-by-step ritual — is before sleep. For listen-versus-recite, see listening before sleep.
The time tied to Jabir’s report on reciting Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk before sleeping.
Scholars allow recitation whenever the night begins; consistency matters more than a rigid clock.
Follow along in Arabic with full-surah or verse audio; see the listen-versus-recite guide for detail.
