وَلَقَدۡ
زَيَّنَّا
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
بِمَصَٰبِيحَ
وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا
رُجُومٗا
لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ
وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا
لَهُمۡ
عَذَابَ
ٱلسَّعِيرِ
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And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
— M. Pickthall
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils1 and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
— Saheeh International
And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Read Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Mulk
Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said,
«إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِصَاحِبِهَا حَتْى غُفِرَ لَهُ:
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ»
(Verily, there is a chapter in the Qur'an which cont
…Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Mulk
Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said,
«إِنَّ سُورَةً فِي الْقُرْ
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