The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:47

The Pen · Verse 47 of 52

أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen so that they write it down (to judge things in its light)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

Ahmed Ali

Or do they have knowledge of the unknown which they copy down?

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Ali Unal

Or is the Unseen within their reach that they write down (prescribing and stipulating what is to come, and how they are to be judged)?

Daryabadi

Is with them the unseen, so that they write down?

Faridul Haque

Or that they possess the hidden, so they are writing it?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or is the unseen with them so that they write (it) down?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have they the knowledge of the unseen so that they write 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?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or that the Ghaib (unseen here in this Verse it means Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz) is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

Muhammad Pickthall

Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?

Muhammad Sarwar

Do they possess the knowledge of the unseen which confirms the truthfulness of their belief?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?

Rashad Khalifa

Do they know the future? Do they have it recorded?

Shabbir Ahmed

Or is it that theirs is the future that they have written down?