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سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · 67:23
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قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

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Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful."

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Introduction

This is āyah 23 of Sūrat Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty), the 77th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
77 of 114
Surah
Al-Mulk (67)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Who is it besides the Most Gracious that can be an army to you to help you? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion (20)Who is it that can provide for you if He should withhold His provision? Nay, but they continue to be in pride, and flee (21)Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path (22)Say: "It is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing and seeing, and hearts. Little thanks you give. (23)Say: "It is He Who has created you on the earth, and to Him shall you be gathered. (24)They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if you are telling the truth? (25)Say: "The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner. (26)But when they will see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be sad and grievous, and it will be said: "This is what you were calling for! (27) No One will help You and N…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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