Surah Mulk: Surah al Mulk (the chapter of Kingdome) is the 67th Surah of the Quran. The Surah consists of 30 verses and 2 ruku’at. The Surah al-Mulk is a Makki Surah, which means that the Surah was revealed in the period prior to the migration to Medina. Regarding the content of the Surat al-Mulk, the Surah speaks of the greatness of Allah Almighty with examples from the vast universe that is a creation of Him. Then the Surah speaks of the mighty one of Allah Almighty and threatens the disbelievers because of the punishment they will receive in the next life.
Surat Mulk Hadith
Many Ahadith have been narrated by the Holy Prophet peace be upon him who speak of the virtues and benefits of Surah al-Mulk. According to a Hadith narrated by Imam Abu Dawood and Imam Tirmidhi, Abu Huraira (may Allaah be pleased with him) said that the Holy Prophet peace be upon him said that “there is a sura (chapter) in the Quran which consists of thirty verses. it will intervene over a man until he is forgiven.
The Surah is Tabarak Allazi Biyadihi al-Mulk, i.e., “Blessed is He in whose hand is the royal family.” As proclaimed in the Hadith, the Surah will continue to intercede on the Day of Judgment on the person who recites it in his life. Therefore, we must make sure to read in our routine. Another tradition encourages Muslims to read Surah Waqiah and recite Surah Mulk before going to sleep. We have to listen to our children (who do not know how to recite yet) to Surah Mulk when we recite it.
Memorize Surah Mulk
Benefits of Surah Mulk, Benefits and Virtues in the Quran Since there are many benefits of Surah al-Mulk, we must recite this Surah every day. And it is not possible to hold the Mushaf every time we recite the Surah, because for holding the Mushaf we need Wudu. Therefore, we must memorize Surah Al-Mulk. Since the Surah consists of only 30 verses, it is very easy to memorize the Surah in 10 days if we memorize 3 verses every day with Quran Tutor. Memorizing the surah takes 15 days if we memorize 2 verses every day. At the extreme level, we can memorize the sura in 30 days if one verse is memorized every day. It shows that memorizing the Surah is not a difficult task compared to the great benefits of reciting the Surah. Some of the benefits of this Surah are explained below. You can read the importance of Surah Yaseen here “The Heart of the Quran”.
Benefits of Surah Mulk
There is a Hadith narrated by Imam al-Hakim in which the Holy Prophet peace be upon him said: “Surah al-Mulk prevents punishment in the grave.” Imam Hakim also related that Abdullah bin Mas’ud said that, the Holy Prophet peace be upon him is saddened that: “when a person is buried in his grave, he will be approached from his feet and the feet will say no harm to you. for what is in my heart, the person always stood on me and read this surah, then the person will be approached from his chest, and the chest will say that you have no right to do harm for what is in my heart, he has been used to recite Surah al-Mulk.
Then the man will be approached from the head, and the head will say that you have no way to harm what is in the heart, as the man recited by me. Then Abdullah bin Mas’ud said that this Surah prevents punishment in the grave. Based on this – and many others – Ahadith, the Muslim scholars hope that the people who regularly believe and read Surah al-Mulk will be saved from the punishment , and that they will earn the mercy and pleasure of Allah Almighty.
Surah Mulk before going to sleep
There is a Hadith that says that the Prophet peace be upon him recited Surah al-Mulk every night. Abdullah bin Mas’ud relates that “whoever recites Surah al-Mulk every night, Allah will prevent the punishment of the grave by this Surah”. According to another tradition, when a person reads Surah Al-Mulk before going to sleep, an angel comes down to protect him because he cannot protect himself because of sleep.
