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Qur’an 68:47 Al-Qalam, verse 47

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Qalam (68)
Verse
47 of 52
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
566

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
أَمْamOr
عِندَهُمُʿindahumu(is) with themع ن د
ٱلْغَيْبُl-ghaybuthe unseenغ ي ب
فَهُمْfahumso they
يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite itك ت ب

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 68:47 in Al-Qalam.

  • 68:45وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌAnd I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
  • 68:46أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَOr do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
  • 68:48فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭThen be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
  • 68:49لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭIf not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

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