

#Surah al mulk transliteration trial#
It is worthy of note that the goal behind trial is mentioned as performing good deeds rather than the quantity of such deeds. The blessed Verse also treats of the Divine Trial that as mentioned above is a kind of fostering such that it makes man enter the arena of action and thereby makes them experienced and pure deserving Divine Proximity.įurther treatment of the topic is to be found under 2:155. The precedence of death over life herein is owing to the profound impression made by according attention to death in performing good deeds.

"He is the Lord who created death and life so that He may test you that which of you is better in deed."ĭeath employed in the sense of non-existence is not created, since Creation concerns existential matters, though we know that death is truly transference from one world to another and in this sense, it is an existential matter which may be created. The second blessed Verse makes a reference to the goal of creation and man’s death and life which are indicative of Divine Ownership and Sovereignty, saying: It is through His Will that man comes into existence. They all conspire to constitute such luxurious palace of the universe. His All-Mightiness in Infinite, His Knowledge encompasses all beings, His Omnipotence is Boundless, and the Emanation of His Existence embraces all creatures.Īll intellectually possible existent beings, souls, essences of matter, and natural phenomena take their fill of the Infinite Ocean of Divine Emanation and are thereby existent and are dominated by His Existential Command. In other words, His Omnipotence, Majesty, and Infinite Might leave no room for any hopelessness, defect, and limit in the Omnipotence of the Absolute Mighty and Eternal Existent Being. The blessed Verse 1 is indicative of the Bountifulness of Divine Pure Essence, namely His Ownership and Sovereignty in the world of existence and His Omnipotence as the Everlasting and Bountiful Existent Being. He is the One in Whose Hand is the Sovereignty of the world of existence and He is Omnipotent. The blessed Chapter opens with the significant issue of Divine Ownership, Sovereignty, and His Everlasting Pure Essence which serves as the key to all the discussions raised in the Chapter wherein it is said that He is Bountiful and Everlasting. The Arabic word tabarak, deriving from b-r-t, is cognate with the infinitive baraka ("permanent good") and barka ("pond, where water gathers").Īll powers and states are subject to decline except for Divine Sovereignty which is everlasting. Other traditions in this respect are to found in tradition sources. "I wish Surah al-Tabarak were recorded in the believers’ heart. 1Īccording to another Prophetic tradition: "One who recites Surah al-Tabarak is like one who wakes up praying in the Night of Ordainment. In this vein, it is narrated from the Noble Prophet (S) as saying:

The blessed Chapter is one of the most meritorious Qur’anic Chapters regarding which many a tradition have been narrated from the Noble Prophet (S) and the Infallible Imams (as) regarding the recitation of the blessed Chapter. Warning the disbelievers and wrong doers against being afflicted with torments in this world and the Hereafter. Topics concerning the Hereafter, torments of the Hell, and the conversations of the people of the Hell on the Day of Resurrection ģ. Topics regarding the Origin of existence, Divine Attributes, the marvelous system of the Creation of the world of existence and man, and man’s means of gaining knowledge Ģ. The blessed Chapter generally treats of the following:ġ. Another designation of the Chapter is Tabarak ("the Bountiful").īoth designations are derived from the first Verse and denote "Sovereignty" and "Bountiful" respectively. The Chapter, revealed in Mecca, has thirty Verses. The blessed Chapter opens the twenty ninth part (juz’) of the Holy Qur’an. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
