Al-Qalam

Sura 68 of the Quran
القلم‎ ; Al-Qalam; The Pen
Arabic text; ; English translation;
Classification	Meccan
Alternate titles (Ar.)	نٓ
Other names	nūn
Position	Juzʼ 29
No. of Rukus	2
No. of verses	52
No. of words	301
No. of letters	1,289
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	Nūn ن
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The Pen (Arabic: القلم, al-qalam), or Nūn (Arabic: نٓ) is the sixty-eighth chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 52 verses (āyāt). Quran 68 describes God's justice and the judgment day. Three notable themes of this Surah are its response to the opponents' objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[1] Chronologically, this was the first appearance of any of the "disjointed" [i.e., single] letters (muqattaat) which precede a number of the surahs of the Qur'an,^[2] while in Quranic order this is the last surah to have the appearance of muqattaat.^[3]

^ "Malik Surah 68. Al-Qalam Introduction, Revelation, Background and Summary".
^ Muhammad Asad, Al-Qur'an translation, The Message of the Qur'an, First Hardback, 1980, Dar Al-Andalus, Gibraltar, ISBN 1904510000
^ "Chronological Order of Surahs". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[MAL-1] "Malik Surah 68. Al-Qalam Introduction, Revelation, Background and Summary".

[2] Muhammad Asad, Al-Qur'an translation, The Message of the Qur'an, First Hardback, 1980, Dar Al-Andalus, Gibraltar, ISBN 1904510000

[3] "Chronological Order of Surahs". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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القلم‎ Al-Qalam The Pen
Arabic text Audio file^ⓘ English translation
Classification	Meccan
Alternate titles (Ar.)	نٓ
Other names	nūn
Position	Juzʼ 29
No. of Rukus	2
No. of verses	52
No. of words	301
No. of letters	1,289
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	Nūn ن
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