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68. Surah Al-Qalam

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Read and listen to the full Surah Al-Qalam (Chapter 68), consisting of 52 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 29), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
68:13
عتل بعد ذالك زنيم ١٣
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣
عُتُلِّۭ
بَعۡدَ
ذَٰلِكَ
زَنِيمٍ
١٣
brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.
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68:14
ان كان ذا مال وبنين ١٤
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ١٤
أَن
كَانَ
ذَا
مَالٖ
وَبَنِينَ
١٤
Now, ˹simply˺ because he has been blessed with ˹abundant˺ wealth and children,
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68:15
اذا تتلى عليه اياتنا قال اساطير الاولين ١٥
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٥
إِذَا
تُتۡلَىٰ
عَلَيۡهِ
ءَايَٰتُنَا
قَالَ
أَسَٰطِيرُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٥
whenever Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
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68:16
سنسمه على الخرطوم ١٦
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ١٦
سَنَسِمُهُۥ
عَلَى
ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
١٦
We will soon mark his snout.1 
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68:17
انا بلوناهم كما بلونا اصحاب الجنة اذ اقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين ١٧
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ١٧
إِنَّا
بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ
كَمَا
بَلَوۡنَآ
أَصۡحَٰبَ
ٱلۡجَنَّةِ
إِذۡ
أَقۡسَمُواْ
لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا
مُصۡبِحِينَ
١٧
Indeed, We have tested those ˹Meccans˺ as We tested the owners of the garden—when they swore they would surely harvest ˹all˺ its fruit in the early morning,
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68:18
ولا يستثنون ١٨
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ١٨
وَلَا
يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
١٨
leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1
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68:19
فطاف عليها طايف من ربك وهم نايمون ١٩
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ١٩
فَطَافَ
عَلَيۡهَا
طَآئِفٞ
مِّن
رَّبِّكَ
وَهُمۡ
نَآئِمُونَ
١٩
Then it was struck by a torment from your Lord while they slept,
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68:20
فاصبحت كالصريم ٢٠
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ٢٠
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ
كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
٢٠
so it was reduced to ashes.
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68:21
فتنادوا مصبحين ٢١
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ٢١
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ
مُصۡبِحِينَ
٢١
Then by daybreak they called out to each other,
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68:22
ان اغدوا على حرثكم ان كنتم صارمين ٢٢
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ ٢٢
أَنِ
ٱغۡدُواْ
عَلَىٰ
حَرۡثِكُمۡ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰرِمِينَ
٢٢
˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”
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