الْقَلَمِ

68. Al-Qalam

The Pen · Meccan · 52 ayahs · Juz 29, Page 564

نٓ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا یَسْطُرُونَۙ

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe

Saheeh Intl

مَٓا اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۚ

You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman

Saheeh Intl

وَاِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْرًا غَیْرَ مَمْنُونٍۚ

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted

Saheeh Intl

وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظٖیمٍ

And indeed, you are of a great moral character

Saheeh Intl

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَیُبْصِرُونَۙ

So you will see and they will see

Saheeh Intl

بِاَیِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]

Saheeh Intl

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبٖیلِهٖࣕ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدٖینَ

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided

Saheeh Intl

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبٖینَ

Then do not obey the deniers

Saheeh Intl

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَیُدْهِنُونَ

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]

Saheeh Intl

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهٖینٍۙ

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Saheeh Intl

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّٓاءٍ بِنَمٖیمٍۙ

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

Saheeh Intl

مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَیْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَثٖیمٍۙ

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

Saheeh Intl

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنٖیمٍۙ

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

Saheeh Intl

اَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنٖینَؕ

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children

Saheeh Intl

اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِ اٰیَاتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطٖیرُ الْاَوَّلٖینَ

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

Saheeh Intl

About Surah Al-Qalam

Number in the Quran
68
Name in Arabic
الْقَلَمِ
Meaning
The Pen
Revealed in
Mecca
Order of revelation
2
Ayahs
52
Juz
29
Pages in the Mushaf
564-566
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