The document summarizes Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan's explanation of the first two ayat of Surah Al-Qalam from his "Quran: Cover to Cover" series. It discusses how the first ayah swears by the pen and whatever is written by it, referring to what angels write or past scriptures. The second ayah states that the prophet is not insane, as what is written will prove he is not. The explanation aims to give tafseer commentary on the linguistic meaning and context behind these opening ayat.
The document summarizes Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan's explanation of the first two ayat of Surah Al-Qalam from his "Quran: Cover to Cover" series. It discusses how the first ayah swears by the pen and whatever is written by it, referring to what angels write or past scriptures. The second ayah states that the prophet is not insane, as what is written will prove he is not. The explanation aims to give tafseer commentary on the linguistic meaning and context behind these opening ayat.
The document summarizes Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan's explanation of the first two ayat of Surah Al-Qalam from his "Quran: Cover to Cover" series. It discusses how the first ayah swears by the pen and whatever is written by it, referring to what angels write or past scriptures. The second ayah states that the prophet is not insane, as what is written will prove he is not. The explanation aims to give tafseer commentary on the linguistic meaning and context behind these opening ayat.
The document summarizes Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan's explanation of the first two ayat of Surah Al-Qalam from his "Quran: Cover to Cover" series. It discusses how the first ayah swears by the pen and whatever is written by it, referring to what angels write or past scriptures. The second ayah states that the prophet is not insane, as what is written will prove he is not. The explanation aims to give tafseer commentary on the linguistic meaning and context behind these opening ayat.
The compilation of this work is an attempt to document the
linguistic definitions of words and verbs, some tafseer commentary, and the explanation done by Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan in his Quran: Cover to Cover project at the Bayyinah Institute. It is highly recommended to couple this PDF with watching the videos on Bayyinah T.V. to attain maximum benefit.
Surah Al-Qalam The Pen
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Makkan Surahs in particular, after learning them , have a
different enjoyment listening to them being recited, its very powerful. We can learn about the Quran in dars, experiencing the Quran happens in Salah, thats the place where its suppose to happen.
Ayah 1
Nouman Ali Khan
Nun [hurooful muqat-ta-aati], Allah swears by the pen and swears by whatever they continuously write.
This is the last Surah that has
. The object to the oath is the pen and whatever is written by it, the tool by which they write is the pen and everything that theyre writing is with the pen. The question is who is writing down? When a pronoun is mentioned in the Arabic language in the third person, theres an expectation that the 2 www.bayyinah.tv www.linguisticmiracle.com
noun to which it refers should have been mentioned
before. But this Surah begins by I swear by the pen and what they write. They hasnt been answered, which means that Allah purposely left it open, he left it for interpretation. Some say, what the angels write on the side of our shoulders, others say what the angels are writing when they document revelation from Lohe-Mehfuz to bring it down to Messenger , others say what the tribes of Bani-Israel and the scholars of the previous book, because the way they transmitted the book wasnt hifdh they were transmitting the book by writing the revelation down, they wrote the torah and the Injeel. So its open ended. But this is the object of the oath, and the object goes on to prove the subject of the oath which is the second Ayah.
Ayah 2
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Nouman Ali Khan
You by the special favor of your master are not insane at all.
Allah says that he swears by the pen and what they write as proof that you arent insane at all. In the past tense, it means that what the Jews, the Christians, theyre scriptures and whatever theyve documented has enough proof already that what your saying is conformation that youre not insane. How many books of scholarship, how many documents, how many books of fiqh, how many books of tafsir, how many books of Aqeeda are going to be produced as a result of this revelation. Your history will prove that youre not insane at all. Some scholars argue that the first seven Ayah of this Surah was the second revelation. In the first revelation also Qalam was there. So, when he came and declared the revelation, some close to him thought he might have lost his mind, and so Allah sent him a conformation in these first two Ayah. The prophet had to have faith in himself too that he was chosen as the prophet.
