Surah Al-Mulk: Woh Surah Jise Padhe Bagair Nabi ﷺ Kabhi Nahi Sote The
Jabir bin Abdillah, Nabi ﷺ ke ek Sahabi, ne ek baar aisi baat kahi jise unke shagird itni achi tarah yaad rakhe ke aage bata gaye: "Nabi ﷺ Alif-Lam-Mim Tanzil (Surah As-Sajdah) aur Tabarak alladhi biyadihil mulk padhe bagair nahi sote the." Ye riwayat Sunan at-Tirmidhi mein maujood hai. Raat dar raat, chahe din kaisa bhi guzra ho, ye un aakhri cheezon mein se ek thi jo woh ﷺ aankhein band karne se pehle padhte the. Ye surah sirf tees ayaat lambi hai. Isme aisi kya baat thi jo isse har raat, bina naaghe ke, padhne ke qaabil banati thi?
Surah Al-Mulk asal mein kehti kya hai
Surah Al-Mulk Quran ki 67vi surah hai, Makkah mein nazil hui. Iska naam seedha iske pehle lafz se aata hai: "Tabarakalladhi biyadihil mulk" — "Bohot barkat wala hai woh jiske haath mein saari badshahat hai" (67:1). Mulk ka matlab hai baadshahat, sarwariyat, mukammal maalikiyat aur ikhtiyar — na udhaar liya hua ikhtiyar, na baant kar diya gaya ikhtiyar, balki woh badshahat jo mukammal taur par sirf ek Zaat ki hai.
Agli hi ayat batati hai ke ye badshahat aapke liye zaati taur par kyun ehmiyat rakhti hai: "Alladhi khalaqal-mawta wal-hayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu 'amala" — "Jisne maut aur zindagi ko paida kiya taake tumhein azmaaye ke tum mein se kaun amal mein sabse behtar hai" (67:2). Zara tarteeb par ghor kijiye — maut ka zikar zindagi se pehle hai. Zameen ki zindagi ko, dusri hi ayat se, ek aisi aazmaish ki tarah pesh kiya gaya hai jiska ant pehle se tay hai, na ke waqt ka koi khula silsila jo jaise chaho guzar do.
Upar dekho — ek bhi khaami nazar aati hai?
Surah phir kuch aisa karti hai jo tak-riban har koi khud aazma sakta hai. Ye qaari ko upar dekhne ko kehti hai: "Alladhi khalaqa sab'a samawatin tibaqa, ma tara fi khalqir-rahmani min tafawut, farji'il-basara hal tara min futur" — "Jisne saat aasmaan taboqan-taboq banaaye. Tum Rahman ki takhleeq mein koi be-tarteebi nahi dekhoge. To phir nazar palat kar dekho — kya tumhein koi khaami nazar aati hai?" (67:3). Phir aage jaati hai: "Thumma'r-ji'il-basara karratayni yanqalib ilaykal-basaru khasi'an wa huwa hasir" — "Phir baar-baar nazar palat kar dekho — tumhari nazar thaki hui aur be-bas ho kar wapas aayegi" (67:4). Jitni chaho utni koshish kar lo, ayat kehti hai; tumhein us tarteeb mein ek bhi darar nahi milegi. Ye ek dhamki nahi, ek dawat hai — khud dekh lo.
Woh surah jo tumhari taraf se dalail deti hai
Ye khaas surah raat ko itni zyada kyun padhi jaati hai, iski wajah Sunan at-Tirmidhi ki ek hadith mein hai, jisme Nabi ﷺ ne ise seedha bayaan kiya: "Innaha al-mani'ah, innaha al-munjiyah, tunji min 'adhabil-qabr" — "Ye hifazat karne wali hai, ye nijaat dilaane wali hai — ye [apne qaari ko] qabr ke azaab se bacha leti hai." Imam at-Tirmidhi ne khud is riwayat ko hasan gharib qaraar diya — ek achi riwayat, magar jo ek hi asal sanad se guzarti hai — aur baad ke muhaddiseen, jinme Al-Albani bhi shaamil hain, unhone iski mukhtalif taeedi sanadon ka jaayza le kar poori riwayat ko itna qaabil-e-etemaad qaraar diya ke ispar amal kiya jaa sake.
Ek is se mutalliq riwayat, Abdullah bin Mas'ud se, jo Sunan an-Nasa'i mein hai aur Al-Albani ne ise hasan qaraar diya hai, ek aur baat jodti hai jo batati hai ke sabse pehli nasl ke musalman iske baare mein kaise baat karte the: "Jo koi har raat Tabarakalladhi biyadihil mulk padhta hai, Allah use isi ki wajah se qabr ke azaab se bachaata hai." Ibn Mas'ud ne ye bhi bataya ke Nabi ﷺ ki apni zindagi mein, Sahaba is surah ko ek naam se pukarte the — al-mani'ah, "rokne wali" — bilkul isi hifazati kirdaar ki wajah se jo woh samajhte the ye surah nibhati hai.
Ye surah bharosa karne ke qaabil kyun hai
Jo bhi online mukhtalif surahon ke fawaid ke baare mein padhta hai, use ek baat nazar aayegi: har surah ke fawaid ke baare mein bataayi gayi har hadith ek jaisi mazboot nahi hoti, aur is farq ke baare mein imaandaar hona zaroori hai, bina soche-samjhe har baat ko dohraane ke bajaaye. Surah Al-Mulk ke maamle mein, iski raat ki tilawat aur qabr mein iske kirdaar ke baare mein asal riwayaat aisi sanadon par khadi hain jinhe kai muazziz muhaddiseen ne itna mazboot paaya ke unpar amal kiya jaa sake — yehi wajah hai ke ye khaas aadat poori musalman duniya mein itni wasee aur musalsal taur par phaili, nasl dar nasl, bajaaye ke ek nadir ya mukhtalif-fih amal reh jaati.
Ek chhoti surah, lekin bohot dur tak asar
Jo cheez Surah Al-Mulk ko aadat banaana aasaan banaati hai, wahi cheez hai jisne Nabi ﷺ ke liye ise har raat padhna aasaan banaya — iski lambaai. Tees ayaat, chand minute ki khaamosh tilawat, aur phir bhi un chand minuton mein ek mukammal dalail hai: ke har cheez ki badshahat sirf Allah ki hai, ke zindagi aur maut ek aazmaish ki tarah banaayi gayi thi, ke khud takhleeq mein koi khaami nahi hai us insaan ke liye jo dobara dekhna chahe, aur ke woh alfaaz jo insaan raat ko padhta hai, woh, Nabi ﷺ ki apni tashreeh ke mutaabiq, us jagah uski taraf se bol sakte hain jahaan kuch aur nahi bol sakta.
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