Benefits of reciting Surah Mulk
In
the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. Truly all praise is
due to Allah, we praise him and seek his help and forgiveness. We seek refuge
in Allah from the evils of ourselves; and our bad actions. Whomsoever Allah
guides, none can turn him astray, and whomsoever Allah turns astray, none can
guide him. I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah,
the only one without Any partner. And I bear witness that Muhammad is his
servant and final messenger.
In today’s
kuthbah, we will be looking at the tafseer of surah mulk.
It was
narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him)
Narrated
by al-Tirmidhi, 2891; Abu Dawood, 1400; Ibn Maajah, 3786.
What is
meant is that a person should read it every night, act in accordance with the
rulings contained in it, and believe in the information mentioned in it.
It was
narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: Whoever reads Tabaarak allaahi bi
yadihi’l-mulk [i.e., Soorat al-Mulk] every night, Allaah will protect him from
the torment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) we used to call it al-maani’ah (that which
protects). In the Book of Allaah it is a soorah which, whoever recites it every
night has done very well.
Imam
Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger said,
(Verily,
there is a chapter in the Qur'an which contains thirty Ayat that will intercede
on behalf of its reciter until he is forgiven. (It is): (Blessed be He in Whose
Hand is the dominion.).
At-Tabarani
and Al-Hafiz Ad-Diya' Al-Maqdisi both recorded from Anas that the Messenger of
Allah said,
There is
a chapter of the Qur'an that will argue on behalf of its reciter until it
causes him to enter into Paradise. (It is): (Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the
dominion.)
The Surah (synopsis v.1-11)
In the
first five verses man has been made to realize that the universe in which he
lives is a most well organized and fortified Kingdom in which he cannot detect
any fault, any weakness or flaw, however hard he may try to probe. This Kingdom
has been brought from nothing into existence by Allah Almighty Himself and All
the powers of controlling, administering and ruling it are also entirely in
Allah's hand and His power is infinite. Besides, man has also been told that in
this wise system he has not been created without a purpose, but he has been
sent here for a test and in this test he can succeed only by his righteous
deeds and conduct.
In vv.
6-11, dreadful consequences of disbelief which will appear in the Hereafter
have been mentioned, and the people told that Allah, by sending His Prophets,
has warned them of these consequences in this very world, as if to say
"Now, if you do not believe in what the Prophets say and correct your
attitude and behavior accordingly, in the Hereafter you will yourself have to
admit that you really deserved the punishment that was being meted out to
you."
Source: Tafseer Ibn Khateer, Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an
