Quran
The Quran, also romanized Qur’an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from Allah. It is organized in 114 chapters, which consist of verses.
About Holy Quran
The Holy Quran is the Holy Book or the Scriptures of the Muslims. It lays down for them the law and commandments, codes for their social and moral behavior, and contains a comprehensive religious philosophy. The language of the Quran is Arabic.
Besides its proper name, the Quran is also known by the following names: al Kitab (The Book); al Furqan (The Discrimination); al Dhikr (The Exposition); al Bayan (The Explanation); al Burhan (The Argument); al Haqq (The Truth); al Tanzil (The Revelation); al Hikmat (The Wisdom); al Huda (The Guide); al Hukm (The Judgment); al Mau’izah (The Admonition); al Rahmat (The Mercy); al-Noor (The Light); al-Rooh (The Word).
What Does The Holy Quran Contain
To the Muslims, the Quran is the Word of God and contains complete guidance for mankind. Much of the Quran is about God, His attributes and man’s relationship to Him. But it also contains directives for its followers, historical accounts of certain prophets and peoples, arguments for accepting Muhammad as a genuine Prophet and good news for the believers and warnings for the disbelievers. Broadly speaking, the contents of the Holy Quran fall into five main categories:
- Nature of the Spiritual World
- The Law and Commandments
- Historical Accounts
- The Wisdom
- The Prophecies
Surahs And Verses
The Holy Quran is divided into 114 Surahs or Chapters and each Chapter consists of individual Ayaat or verses.
There are in total 6,348 verses in the Holy Quran. The Surahs are of varying lengths, some consisting of a few lines while others run for many pages.
Surah al Baqarah (Ch.2) is the longest Chapter comprising 287 verses while Surah al Kauthar (Ch. 108) is the shortest with only four verses including the tasmia.
The text of the Holy Quran has remained unchanged over the past 1400 years. And this is not strange since God says in the Holy Quran that He Himself will guard this book:
“Surely it is We Who have revealed the Exposition, and surely it is We Who are its guardians” (15:10)
The Holy Quran
The Noble Qur'an » Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - القلم
ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ القلم [1]
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [1]
مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ القلم [2]
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [2]
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ القلم [3]
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [3]
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ القلم [4]
And indeed, you are of a great moral character. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [4]
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ القلم [5]
So you will see and they will see Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [5]
بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ القلم [6]
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [6]
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ القلم [7]
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [7]
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ القلم [8]
Then do not obey the deniers. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [8]
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ القلم [9]
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [9]
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ القلم [10]
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [10]
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ القلم [11]
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip - Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [11]
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ القلم [12]
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [12]
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ القلم [13]
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [13]
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ القلم [14]
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [14]
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ القلم [15]
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [15]
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ القلم [16]
We will brand him upon the snout. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [16]
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ القلم [17]
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [17]
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ القلم [18]
Without making exception. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [18]
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ القلم [19]
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [19]
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ القلم [20]
And it became as though reaped. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [20]
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ القلم [21]
And they called one another at morning, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [21]
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ القلم [22]
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [22]
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ القلم [23]
So they set out, while lowering their voices, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [23]
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ القلم [24]
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [24]
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ القلم [25]
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [25]
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ القلم [26]
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost; Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [26]
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ القلم [27]
Rather, we have been deprived." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [27]
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ القلم [28]
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' " Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [28]
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ القلم [29]
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [29]
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ القلم [30]
Then they approached one another, blaming each other. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [30]
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ القلم [31]
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [31]
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ القلم [32]
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [32]
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ القلم [33]
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [33]
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ القلم [34]
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [34]
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ القلم [35]
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [35]
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ القلم [36]
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [36]
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ القلم [37]
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [37]
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ القلم [38]
That indeed for you is whatever you choose? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [38]
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ القلم [39]
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [39]
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ القلم [40]
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [40]
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ القلم [41]
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [41]
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ القلم [42]
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able, Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [42]
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ القلم [43]
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [43]
فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ القلم [44]
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [44]
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ القلم [45]
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [45]
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ القلم [46]
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [46]
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ القلم [47]
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down? Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [47]
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ القلم [48]
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [48]
لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ القلم [49]
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [49]
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ القلم [50]
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [50]
وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ القلم [51]
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad." Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [51]
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ القلم [52]
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds. Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) [52]
