سورة القلم، الآية ١٦
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ١٦
sanasimuhu ʿalā l-khur'ṭūmi
We will brand him upon the snout.1726
[1726] Literally, "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig.
Verse 16 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 565 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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I will place a mark on his nose which will stick with him and disfigure him.
We will soon brand him on the snout3.
[3] Lit., "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig. These verses refer to Al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah, a leader of the pagans of Makkah and a staunch enemy of Islam. He called the Prophet (ﷺ) a madman, so the Qur’an responded by mentioning ten of Al-Walīd’s qualities. (See 53:33-35 and 74:11-26). Two of those qualities were not known to him: the fact that he was an illegitimate child and that his nose would be chopped off years later at the Battle of Badr. Khālid ibn al-Walīd and two of his brothers embraced Islam.
We shall brand him on the snout (nose)!
We shall brand him on the nose.
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
We will brand him on the nose.
We will (brand) him markedly upon the snout!
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا …
Leave Me with the one I created alone …
