Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 39 (68:39)

ٱلْقَلَم

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Quran 68:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 565 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:39
أَمْلَكُمْأَيْمَٰنٌعَلَيْنَابَٰلِغَةٌإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙإِنَّلَكُمْلَمَاتَحْكُمُونَ٣٩
am lakum aymānun ʿalaynā bālighatun ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati inna lakum lamā taḥkumūna

Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?(39)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  3. أَيْمَٰنٌaymānunoaths
  4. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfrom us
  5. بَٰلِغَةٌbālighatunreaching
  6. إِلَىٰilāto
  7. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
  8. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  9. إِنَّinnaindeed
  10. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  11. لَمَاlamā(is) what
  12. تَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūnayou judge

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