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Surah al-Mulk (67): The Sovereignty

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Protection in the Grave

• It was narrated that ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (رضي الله عنه) said:

Whoever reads Tabāraka alladhī biyadihi al-mulk (i.e., Surah al-Mulk) every night, Allah will protect him from the punishment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we used to call it al-Māniʿah (the Protector).
In the Book of Allah, it is a surah which whoever recites it every night has done very well.

Source:
Narrated by al-Nasāʾī (6/179); classed as ḥasan by al-Albānī in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (1475).

• ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (رضي الله عنه) also reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“Surat Tabārak (Surah al-Mulk) prevents the punishment of the grave.”

Source:
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (no. 1140); Ibn Mardawayh.

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Intercession Until Forgiveness and Entry into Paradise

• Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“There is a surah in the Qur’an of thirty verses; it intercedes for a man until he is forgiven, and it is Surat Tabārak (Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the Dominion).”

Source:
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī (2891).

• Anas (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“There is a surah in the Qur’an, not more than thirty verses; it argues on behalf of its companion until it enters him into Paradise, and it is Surah Tabārak.”

Source:
Al-Ṭabarānī in al-Ṣaghīr (1/176) and al-Awsat (1/211); Ibn Mardawayh (6/246).
Classed as ḥasan li-ghayrihi in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (no. 3644).

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The Prophet (ﷺ) Would Recite It Before Sleeping

• Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh (رضي الله عنه) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not sleep until he had recited Surah as-Sajdah (32) and Surah al-Mulk (67).

Source:
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī (2892); Al-Adab al-Mufrad (1209); Sunan ad-Dārimī (3316).

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May Allah ﷻ protect us, forgive us, have mercy on us, and make the Qur’an—especially Surah al-Mulk—a light for us in our graves and an intercessor for us on the Day of Judgment.

Aameen!