| 1 | O you who believe! Let it be said: Al-Malik |
| 2 | The Supreme Sovereign over all Creation; |
| 3 | And the seventy-seventh name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing. |
| 4 | The Homerites were not the first Kings. Nor were the Sabeans. |
| 5 | The Nabateans were not the earliest Kings, or even the Romans. |
| 6 | Yet what is a king but a tyrant who seeks to convince the people to accept their plight and his rule as Divine? |
| 7 | Thus the first thing a warlord does upon conquering a people is demand the books of knowledge to be burnt; |
| 8 | The second act is he summonses the priests, soothsayers, preachers and elders and demands they recognize his rule as Divine Law; |
| 9 | The Third Act is he summonses the scribes and magistrates and demands new laws be written to reward his heirs and claim the people consent to his rule. |
| 10 | Thus kings and kingdoms corrupt by their nature. |
| 11 | They attract and desire power, they contort knowledge for their own ends. |
| 12 | They add nothing to the land through war and treachery. |
| 13 | They add nothing to knowledge through its corruption, capture and destruction. |
| 14 | Verily, a King does claim himself to be an idol which is a grave transgression and heresy. |
| 15 | Thus the Way of Islam does not permit Kings or Queens or any other noble title of rule by birth. |
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Sufa 107 - The King (Al-Malik)