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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
68:4
وانك لعلى خلق عظيم ٤
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ٤
وَإِنَّكَ
لَعَلَىٰ
خُلُقٍ
عَظِيمٖ
٤
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
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68:5
فستبصر ويبصرون ٥
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ٥
فَسَتُبۡصِرُ
وَيُبۡصِرُونَ
٥
So you will see and they will see
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68:6
باييكم المفتون ٦
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ٦
بِأَييِّكُمُ
ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ
٦
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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68:7
ان ربك هو اعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو اعلم بالمهتدين ٧
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ٧
إِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
هُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَن
ضَلَّ
عَن
سَبِيلِهِۦ
وَهُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
٧
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
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68:8
فلا تطع المكذبين ٨
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٨
فَلَا
تُطِعِ
ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
٨
Then do not obey the deniers.
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68:9
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون ٩
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ٩
وَدُّواْ
لَوۡ
تُدۡهِنُ
فَيُدۡهِنُونَ
٩
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
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68:10
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين ١٠
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ١٠
وَلَا
تُطِعۡ
كُلَّ
حَلَّافٖ
مَّهِينٍ
١٠
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
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68:11
هماز مشاء بنميم ١١
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ١١
هَمَّازٖ
مَّشَّآءِۭ
بِنَمِيمٖ
١١
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
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68:12
مناع للخير معتد اثيم ١٢
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
مَّنَّاعٖ
لِّلۡخَيۡرِ
مُعۡتَدٍ
أَثِيمٍ
١٢
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
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68:13
عتل بعد ذالك زنيم ١٣
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣
عُتُلِّۭ
بَعۡدَ
ذَٰلِكَ
زَنِيمٍ
١٣
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1
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