Surah Al-Mulk Ayat 05 Daily Qur'an & Hadith (17 May 2026)
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السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
Al-Quran القرأن
English Translation of Al-Quran
[67] Surah Al-Mulk [The Dominion]
Ayat 5. And indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils), and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire.
Tafseer of Surah Al Mulk Ayat 5. And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire. Lowest (or, nearest) heaven: see 37:6. The phenomenon of the shooting stars has been explained in 15:16-18, and in 37. 6-10 and notes thereon.
Hadith الحدیث
English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Some people asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) about soothsayers. He ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) said, "They are of no account.'' Upon this they said to him, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) ! But they sometimes make true predictions.'' Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) said, "That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches (from the angels) and whispers into the ears of his friend (the soothsayers) who will then mix more than a hundred lies with it.''
[Muslim Book 26, Number 5535].
Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al-Mulk Ayat 05. “We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils)” This Hadith brings out the following points: Kahin (soothsayer), Munajjim (astrologer) and Arraf (foreteller) have similar characteristics but with a slight difference. All of them make predictions about the future. Kahin would overhear some jinn and disclose the secret to people which would sometimes prove true, because the jinn's source of information was Satan who sometimes stole away some information from the angels. But after the annunciation of the Prophet ﷺ [SAWW](PBUH) it was made impossible for jinns and Satan’s to overhear anything in the skies. Moreover, Kahin and others of his ilk would make predictions on the basis of certain signs and circumstantial evidence which could go wrong or right. This is so even to this day. Astrological prediction is also a form of foretelling but this is often wrong. Al-Irafah, or what is known to be as divination is also an indication of some future occurrence on the basis of certain causes and events. All the three occult arts supplement each other and also take the help of similar other things. In other words, these are all different forms of soothsaying. Geomancy also tries to talk about the invisible future. At-Tarq is the art of taking omen by striking birds with gravel on their wings or by throwing barley, etc., before them. In the latter formula, if a bird flies towards the right side, it would be a good omen; and if it goes towards the left it will be a bad one. All such things are unlawful and have been strictly forbidden by Islam. If anything predicted by these means comes by chance true, it does not furnish any justification for their validity.
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