Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 47 (68:47)

ٱلْقَلَم

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Quran 68:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 566 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:47
أَمْعِندَهُمُٱلْغَيْبُفَهُمْيَكْتُبُونَ٤٧
am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūna

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?(47)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. عِندَهُمُʿindahumu(is) with them
  3. ٱلْغَيْبُl-ghaybuthe unseen
  4. فَهُمْfahumso they
  5. يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite it

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