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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 13

سورة القلم، الآية ١٣

68:13 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 564 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:13

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ۝١٣

Transliteration

ʿutullin baʿda dhālika zanīmin

Translation

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1725

Notes

[1725] i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.

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Verse 13 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 564 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 13

Al-Mukhtasar

Who is stubborn and rude, one residing among his people without being related to them.

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Other translations of verse 13

coarse, and furthermore, an illegitimate child2.

Notes

[2] i.e., falsely claiming a particular lineage. It refers to Al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah (See also 74:11-25) or possibly Al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq.

Cruel, and moreover base-born (of illegitimate birth).

Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-

Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;

Coarse-grained, and of spurious parentage after all (Literally: after that)

Verse 13 word by word

  1. عُتُلٍّۭ ʿutullin Cruel ع ت ل
  2. بَعْدَ baʿda after ب ع د
  3. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika (all) that
  4. زَنِيمٍ zanīmin utterly useless ز ن م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4918

Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? Every weak person who is looked down upon, if he were to make an oath in the name of Allah, He would fulfill it. Shall I inform you about the people of Hellfire? Every cruel, greedy, and arrogant person

"Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? Every weak person who is looked down upon, if he were to make an oath in the name of Allah, He would fulfill it. Shall I inform you about the people of Hellfire? Every cruel, greedy, and arrogant person."

أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ، أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ ‏"

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