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سُورَةُ الْقَلَمِ مَكِّيَّةٌ آيَاتُهَا ٥٢

Surah Al-Qalam Verse 42

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Verses 36–43

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Al-Qalam 42

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۙ ۝٤٢

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

42Yevme yükşefü ʿan sâḳiv veyüdʿavne ile-ssücûdi felâ yesteṭîʿûn.

English Translation

English Translation

42On that day when matters become grave and panic breaks out, they will be invited to prostrate, but they will have no strength to prostrate.

Explanatory translation

Explanatory translation

42Remind them! The Day of Resurrection, when their lies will be exposed and they will want to flee, will surely come. The day will come when the records of deeds are opened. For those who deny, things will become hard and panic will break out, and everyone’s knees will give way. That is a day when all hidden truths will be laid bare, and reckoning and punishment will prevail in all their terror. On the Day of Reckoning, when the deniers will be powerless to protect themselves, they will be called to fall prostrate before Allah. But even though they will want to, they will not have the strength to prostrate. On that day, let these partners they claim come and help them, and let us see! They will be asked, “Who, then, is supreme and exalted?” And they will not be able to say, “Our Lord! You are the Supreme and Exalted One!” They will name whomever they regarded as supreme and exalted in the world. Just as their tongues did not turn to the truth in the world, their tongues will not turn to the truth in the Hereafter either.

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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik. The explanatory translation was compiled by combining various translations.

The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.