سُوْرَةُ الْقَلَمِ

Surah Al-Qalam (68) — Ayah 1

The Pen · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 564

نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿1﴾
Nûn.
[These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur’an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings].
By the pen and by what they (the angels) write (in the Records of men).
نٓ ۚ noon Nun
وَٱلْقَلَمِ wal-qalami By the pen
وَمَا wamā and what
يَسْطُرُونَ yasṭurūna they write

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N, By the pen and (1) what they (the angels) write.