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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 47

سورة القلم، الآية ٤٧

68:47 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 566 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:47

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤٧

Transliteration

am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūna

Translation

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

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Verse 47 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:47), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 566 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 47

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Or do they have knowledge of the Ghaib from which they write whatever proof appeal to them, that they then use to argue against you?

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Other translations of verse 47

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down?

Or that the Ghaib (the Unseen - here in this Verse it means Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz) is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?

Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?

Or even is the Unseen in their presence so they are writing (it down)?

Verse 47 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. عِندَهُمُ ʿindahumu (is) with them ع ن د
  3. ٱلْغَيْبُ l-ghaybu the unseen غ ي ب
  4. فَهُمْ fahum so they
  5. يَكْتُبُونَ yaktubūna write it ك ت ب

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  • At-Tur 52:41

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

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