Surah Al-Qalam Ayat 1 in English – Translation & Meaning

(1) Nūn.[1724] By the pen and what they inscribe,

[1724]- See footnote to 2:1.

— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال

1. Nûn.
[These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur’an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings].
By the pen and by what they (the angels) write (in the Records of men).

— الترجمة الإنجليزية

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun, (The is the name of a letter of the Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows its meaning here) and (by) the pen and what they inscribe,

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— Dr. Ghali - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun. [These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the pen and what the (angels) write (in the Records of men).

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— Muhsin Khan - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

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— Pickthall - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-

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— Yusuf Ali - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

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— Sahih International - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

(68:1) Nun. By the pen and what the scribes write.¹

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— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun By the pen! By all they write!

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— Abdul Haleem - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nūn , by the pen and what they write,

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— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nũn. By the pen and what everyone writes!

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— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation

Al-Qalam

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نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nũn. By the pen and what everyone writes!

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— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Nūn. By the pen and what they write,

— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة

1. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah. Allah takes an oath on the Pen and whatever the people write with their pens.

— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم

Nun. By the pen, by all they write,

— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي