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القلم
Al-Qalam
The Pen
- Revelation
- Meccan
- Verses
- 52 verses
- Ruku
- 2 ruku
- Order of revelation
- 2nd revealed
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
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Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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And thou wilt see and they will see
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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Which of you is the demented.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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We shall brand him on the nose.
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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And in the morning it was as if plucked.
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ
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Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
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So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ
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They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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Nay, but we are desolate!
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
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They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
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Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
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قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
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They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
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Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ
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With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
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فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
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But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
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When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.
About Surah Al-Qalam
Also written Qalam, Nun
Surah Al-Qalam is the 68th surah of the Quran: a Makki surah of 52 verses in para 29.
It affirms that the Prophet ﷺ is of great moral character (68:4), tells the parable of the owners of the garden who planned to deny the poor their share (68:17–33), and recalls Yunus, the companion of the fish (68:48–50).
What is the meaning of Surah Al-Qalam?
Al-Qalam means “the Pen”: it opens with an oath, “Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe” (68:1).
How many verses are in Surah Al-Qalam?
Surah Al-Qalam has 52 verses (ayat) in 2 ruku.
Is Surah Al-Qalam Makki or Madani?
It is a Makki (Meccan) surah, revealed in Mecca before the Hijrah. It was the 2nd surah to be revealed.
Which para is Surah Al-Qalam in?
It is in para (juz) 29 of the Quran.
Can I read Surah Al-Qalam with transliteration?
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