سورة الملك

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): A man pitched his tent over a grave without knowing it was a grave, and he recited تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ الْمُلْکُ [Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom] (Surah al-Mulk). Then he heard someone crying out in a loud voice, saying: "It is the deliverer." He then mentioned this to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family). The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "It is the deliverer from the punishment of the grave."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Surah al-Mulk is Surah al-Mani‘ah (meaning: the preventer), which prevents the punishment of the grave, and it is also recorded in the Torah under the name Surah al-Mulk.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Whoever recites it at night, his wealth increases, he will perform good deeds, and he will not be counted among the heedless. After the last Isha, while I am seated, I go into ruku with this surah; my father used to recite it every day and night. Whoever recites it, when Nakir and Nakeer enter his grave from the direction of his two feet, his feet say to them: 'You have no way to enter from this side; this servant used to stand upon me and recite Surah al-Mulk every day and night.' And if they enter from the direction of his belly, it says to them: 'You have no way to enter from this side; this servant used to acquaint me with Surah al-Mulk every day and night.' And if they enter from the direction of his tongue, it says to them: 'You have no way to enter from this side; this servant used to recite Surah al-Mulk by means of me every day and night.'

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): There is a surah in the Book of Allah which is only thirty verses. [This surah] interceded for a man until he was forgiven, [and it is] تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ المُلْکُ [Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion] (Surah al-Mulk).

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever recites [the surah] تَبَارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ المُلْکُ [Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion] in a writing before sleeping will remain in Allah's protection until morning, and on the Day of Resurrection he will likewise be in His protection until he enters Paradise.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): There is a surah in the Quran that defends its companion until it brings him into Paradise, [and it is] تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ الْملْکُ [Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion] (Surah al-Mulk).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites this surah — and it is the deliverer from the punishment of the grave — ... is granted a reward like one who spends the night of [Eid] al-Fitr awake [in worship], and whoever memorises it, it becomes his companion in his grave and repels from him in his grave every affliction of punishment that intends him, and it guards him until the day of his resurrection, and it intercedes for him with its Lord and brings him near until he enters Paradise, and in his grave it grants him security from his terror and loneliness.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites Surah Tabarak, it is as if he has spent Laylat al-Qadr in worship.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): I wish that Tabarak al-Mulk were in the heart of every believer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): I would love for it to be in the heart of every person of my ummah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) would not sleep until he had recited Surah Alif Lam Mim Tanzil and تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ الْمُلْکُ [Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion].

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him) said to a man: "Shall I not give you a hadith as a gift by which you will be delighted?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Recite تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ الْملْکُ [Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion] (Surah al-Mulk), and teach it to your family, all your children, the young ones of your household and your neighbours; for indeed it is the deliverer, and on the Day of Judgement it will plead with its Lord on behalf of its reciter and will ask that he be saved from the punishment of the Fire [of Hell], and by it its companion is saved from the punishment of the grave."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever takes to his bed and recites the surah تَبارَکَ الَّذِی بِیَدِهِ الْملْکُ [Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom], then says four times: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحِلِّ وَ الْحَرَمِ بَلِّغْ رُوحَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِّی تَحِیَّةً وَ سَلَاما [O Allah, Lord of the profane and the sacred, convey from me to the soul of Muhammad greeting and peace], Allah appoints two angels for him who go to Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and say: 'O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! So-and-so, son of so-and-so, sends you greetings,' and the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) replies: 'And upon so-and-so, son of so-and-so, be peace and the mercy of Allah.'