Quran 68:47 — Al-Qalam, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they have knowledge of the unseen that enables them to write it down?
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down?
- Muhammad Asad
- Or [do they think] that the hidden reality [of all that exists] is within their grasp, so that [in time] they can write it down?
- Sahih International
- Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | عِندَهُمُʿindahumu | (is) with them | عند |
| 3 | ٱلْغَيْبُl-ghaybu | the unseen | غيب |
| 4 | فَهُمْfahum | so they | — |
| 5 | يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna | write it | كتب |