Surah Al-Mulk

It is called Tabarak, the Preventer, the Protector, and the Rescuer. Al-Wali Al-Malwi said: This Surah was beloved by the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, due to its abundant knowledge. He said: "I wish it were in the heart of every Muslim."

Its purpose is submission to Allah due to His attribute of the perfection of kingship, which indicates [the completeness of power that indicates it -] the decisive rulings of the Creator that indicate the completeness of knowledge that indicates the rulings of the created things, the knowledge of what is in the hearts, so that this knowledge results in the necessity of resurrection for the accountability of the servants based on what they are upon of righteousness and stubbornness, as is the habit of kings in the accountability of their subjects, to complete wisdom, and for the grace to be fulfilled, and for the Surah Al-Mulk to manifest. Its name, kingship, is clear in this because kingship is the place of submission from all (p-216) who sees the kingship. Likewise, Tabarak, because whoever is like that has complete stability and permanence, and has from everything the completeness of submission and protection. Likewise, its names, the Preventer, the Protector, and the Rescuer, because submission leads to the necessity of the path of happiness. Whoever adheres to it is saved from what he fears, and is prevented from every terror and protected from every creature. And it answers the question about whoever adheres to it, and this is one of the most important matters. (In the name of Allah, to whom the kings have submitted due to the perfection of His greatness. (The Most Gracious, who has encompassed with the blessing of existence and the clarification of the place of conduct. (The Most Merciful, who has specifically granted His allies guidance and the removal of doubts.

* *When it concluded with the fact that whoever turns away from Him, glorified is He, will be destroyed, and no one will avail him, and whoever turns to Him will be elevated and rescued, and no one will harm him. And it concluded by stating that He strengthened Maryam, peace be upon her, until she reached the degree of perfection and granted her steadfastness in sincerity. And such a thing cannot be done except by one who has no equal. And one who has no equal is worthy of dedicating his deeds to Him and not turning to anyone else in any way, for He is the King who possesses kingship. He said, stirring the ambitions towards (p-217) insight, stirring the will towards a training that yields all doors of happiness: "Tabarak" means He is exalted, sanctified, and elevated [and magnified -] and He is firmly established in a way that is unmatched, along with good fortune, blessings, and the continuity of kindness and excellence.

And when the one who possesses kingship may not be able to keep it in his hand or give what he wants of it to others and take it away from him whenever he wants, He said: "The One in whose hand is" meaning by His power and authority, not by the power of others. "The kingship" means the apparent matter of the world, so to Him belongs all management of it and management within it, and by His power is the manifestation of what He wills, and there is no preventer for Him from anything, nor any equal to Him in any way. And mentioning the hand is merely a depiction of the encompassing nature and the completeness of power because it [is its place -] along with being free from any defect and from everything that implies need or resembles creation.

And [Imam] Abu Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr said: The mention of what this surah begins with regarding glorification and attributes of exaltation is only after a detailed account and the mention of wonders from His creation, glorified is He, such as the statement of Allah, the Most High, "So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators" after detailing the human transformation from the time of his creation from a extract of clay to his creation as another being. Likewise, everything that has been mentioned in this regard has not been mentioned during any time that has been dedicated to glorification and informing about the attributes of exaltation and majesty.

And when there was mentioned at the end of Surah al-Tahrim what contains the greatest lesson for those who remember, and the highest verse for those who gain insight, regarding the mention of two women who were under two of Our righteous servants whom Allah, the Most High, sent as a mercy to His servants, and they exerted themselves in calling the creation. He prohibited seeking light from their light and taking refuge in their guidance for no one from their kind was closer to them than him nor more witnessing of the signs and great miracles they brought forth. Yet, they did not avail them anything from Allah. Then this admonition was followed by what was placed at the end of it and the opposite of its state, which is the mention of the wife of Pharaoh who was not deceived by the wrongdoing of her husband and his great audacity despite the strong connection and the continuity of the affection for what had preceded her in ancient knowledge of happiness and great mercy. She said: "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise" [al-Tahrim: 11]. In these two stories, there is a presentation of the reason for a mercy that it is prohibited to cling to, being the closest of people in outward appearance, and a presentation of the reason for a trial that spared the closest people from falling into it. Then this was followed by a story that was devoid of such two reasons and separated in its introductions from those two stories, which is the mention of Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran, so that the wise may know where to place the causes, and that the hearts are in the hands of the Mighty, the Bestower. Allah, the Most High, followed that with His true saying: "Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion, and He is over all things competent" [al-Mulk: 1]. And if the King, glorified and exalted is He, has the dominion in His hand, then He is the One who grants kingship and favor to whom He wills and takes it away from whom He wills, and He honors whom He wills and humiliates whom He wills, as stated in another verse in Al 'Imran. Thus, the connection of Surah al-Mulk with what preceded it has become clear, and then Surah al-Mulk was built upon the alertness and consideration by presenting the proofs and establishing the arguments as the interpretation elaborates - it has ended.

And when the one who manages the dominion may not have complete or general power, Allah, the Most High, said: "And He alone has greatness that dominates the hearts and governance that encompasses every bringing of benefit and repelling of harm because He is "over all things" meaning He enables whom He wills from the dominion and others from His unseen, which is the dominion and other than it from what exists and what does not exist. "Competent" means complete power, and this is indicated by His saying: