Al-Qalam
Sign in to saveThe Pen (, al-qalam), or Nūn (Arabic: نٓ) is the sixty-eighth chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 52 verses (āyāt). Quran 68 describes God's justice and the judgment day. Three notable themes of this Surah are its response to the opponents' objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Chronologically, this was the first appearance of any of the "disjointed" [i.e., single] letters (muqattaat) which precede a number of the surahs of the Qur'an, while in Quranic order this is the last surah to have the appearance of muqattaat.
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"Al-Qalam" is the 68th chapter of the Qur'an, consisting of 52 verses that focus on God's justice and the Day of Judgment. The chapter addresses objections from opponents, warns disbelievers, and encourages the Prophet Muhammad to remain patient, and it is historically significant as the first chapter to introduce the mysterious single letters that appear at the beginning of certain Qur'anic chapters.
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Key facts
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- 68
- Surah.number 3
- 068
- Surah.name
- Al-Qalam
- Surah.name ar
- القلم
- Surah.name en
- The Pen
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 67
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 69
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.audio
- Chapter 68, Al-Qalam (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
- Surah.othernames ar
- نٓ
- Surah.othernames
- nūn
- Surah.juz
- 29
- Surah.rukus
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Verse of Evil Eye
- Asbab al-nuzul
- Period of revelation
- Coherence with adjacent surahs
- Connection with previous surah
- Connection with next surah
- Theme of the surah
- Subject matter of the surah
- Hadith
- References
- External links
The Pen (, al-qalam), or Nūn (Arabic: نٓ) is the sixty-eighth chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 52 verses (āyāt). Quran 68 describes God's justice and the judgment day. Three notable themes of this Surah are its response to the opponents' objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Chronologically, this was the first appearance of any of the "disjointed" [i.e., single] letters (muqattaat) which precede a number of the surahs of the Qur'an, while in Quranic order this is the last surah to have the appearance of muqattaat.
==Summary== 1-8 Muhammad not a madman nor an impostor 9-16 Invective against a prominent enemy of Islam 17-34 The example of certain gardeners a warning to the Makkans 35-47 Disbelievers warned of coming judgment 48-50 Muhammad exhorted not to be impatient, like Jonah 51-52 Extreme hatred of the Quraish towards Muhammad