Jewels of Qur'an Series: Surah Al Mulk Part 1

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

Surah al Mulk is a late Meccan surah. Dealing with key issues related to heavens and earth, life after death and key aspects of our interaction with this life. Death Precedes Life - the earth was barren for billions of years before cosmic rains brought life and existence. In this discourse Shaykh Fadhlalla engages various key themes encompassed in the first fifteen verses of this Surah. This Surah connects with various others emphasizing Eternal Life and the Unified totality. This short surah is vast in that it sheds light of several key topics. These include: The process and cycles of life; cosmology of existence; The dual composition and the ever-secure higher self and the ever uncertain, changing lower self the purpose and relevance of Boundaries as it connects to our inner reality;. The key theme in this surah is ongoing life, the development of perspective and insight regarding events and instances throughout our earthly journey. Shaykh Fadhlalla delineates how the nature of desires and drives emergent in the self are reflections leading back to the sacred light of the soul. This Surah emphasizes the total nature of Reality – perfections occur and exist at every level of life. In pursuing the right path and witnessing the ways and reflections of the moment the human being can fulfill his or her duty in this transitory stage, at all times aware of Sacred Presence.

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