Sura al-Mulk

Sūra al-Mulk (Arabic: سورة المُلک) or Sūra Tabārak (سورة تَبارَک) is the sixty seventh sura of the Qur'an. It is a Makki sura located in the juz' twenty ninth of the Qur'an. The Sura is called "al-Mulk" and "Tabarak" because these two words occur in the first verse of the sura. The main theme of Sura al-Mulk is the general Lordship of God over the whole universe and a warning about the resurrection. The sura opens with a blessing and praise of God for His absolute dominion, sovereignty, and power, and the second verse of the sura concerns the creation of death and life as divine tests to determine people who are best in deeds. The first and the second verses are regarded as well-known verses of Sura al-Mulk. Of the virtues of the recitation of the sura, it is said that if one recites it at night, he will be given a reward equal to that of vigilance at the Night of Qadr. This Surah Mulk is recited by Abdul Basit, Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi, Abu Bakr al-Shatri and Saad al-Ghamdi, in their beautiful voices.