Surah Mulk Ayat 23 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 23
Say, “It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful.”
Say: “It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give.
Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks!”
Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and hearts. Little thanks you give.
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
Say, “He is The One Who brought you into being, and made for you hearing, and be holdings, (i.e., eyesight”s”) and heart sights; (but) little do you thank Him!”
Say [Prophet], ‘It is He who brought you into being, He who endowed you with hearing, sight, and understanding- what small thanks you give!’
کہہ دیجئے کہ وہی (اللہ) ہے جس نے تمہیں پیدا کیا اور تمہارے کان آنکھیں اور دل بنائے تم بہت ہی کم شکر گزاری کرتے ہو
Quran 67 Verse 23 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Mulk ayat 23, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(67:23) Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks!”[33]
33. That is, Allah had made you men, not cattle. You were not meant to follow blindly whatever error and deviation you found prevailing in the world, without considering for a moment whether the way you had adopted was right or wrong. You have not been given these ears that you may refuse to listen to the one who tries to distinguish the right from the wrong for you, and may persist in whatever false notions you already had in your mind. You have not been given these eyes that you may follow others like the blind and may not bother to see whether the signs scattered around you in the world testified to the unity of God, which the Messenger (peace be upon him) of God is preaching, or whether the system of the universe is Godless, or is being run by many gods simultaneously. Likewise, you have also not been given this knowledge and intelligence that you may give up thinking and understanding to others and may adopt every crooked way that was enforced by somebody in the world, and may not use your own intellect to see whether it was right or wrong. Allah has blessed you with knowledge and intelligence, sight and hearing, so that you may recognize the truth, but you are being ungrateful to Him in that you are employing these faculties for every other object than the one for which these had been granted. For further explanation, see (Surah An-Naml, ayat 59-60) note 72,73; (Surah Al-Mominoon, ayat 80) note 75,76; (Surah As-Sajdah, ayat 9) note 17,18; (Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayat 26) note 31.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Mulk verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Mulk ayat 20 which provides the complete commentary from verse 20 through 27.
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