»The surah that opens with the statement “Blessed is He in whose hands is all sovereignty”. It takes its name from Divine sovereignty (mulk) mentioned in verse 1. The surah challenges the disbelievers with declarations of God’s total power over them, and everything else, in this world and the next. It describes the regret the disbelievers will express on the Day of Resurrection (verse 9 ff. and verse 27).«

The surah is also known as: Control, The Dominion, The Kingdom.