سُورَةُ القَلَم

Al-Qalam, The Pen

The sixty-eighth surah of the Qur'an, 52 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. It is also called Nun.

A reed pen writing the letter Nun

نٓ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

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

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 52Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 4: “and you are of a great character”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Six themes

Each opens its own map, with its ayahs, the hadith that explain them, and the classical tafsir.

    See all six as one map