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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 52

سورة القلم، الآية ٥٢

68:52 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 566 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:52

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٥٢

Transliteration

wamā huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

Translation

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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Verse 52 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:52), 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 52

Al-Mukhtasar

Yet the Qur’ān that has been revealed to you is only a reminder and admonition for the humans and the Jinn.

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Other translations of verse 52

But it is nothing other than a reminder to the whole world.

But it is nothing else than a Reminder to all the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, and jinn).

When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.

But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.

And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.

And in no way is it anything except a Remembrance to the worlds.

Verse 52 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. هُوَ huwa it (is)
  3. إِلَّا illā but
  4. ذِكْرٌ dhik'run a Reminder ذ ك ر
  5. لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ lil'ʿālamīna to the worlds ع ل م

Verses related to verse 52

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  • Yusuf 12:104

    وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

  • Sad 38:87

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is but a reminder to the worlds.

  • At-Takwir 81:27

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  • Ya-Sin 36:69

    وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

    And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān

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