Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 7 (68:7)

ٱلْقَلَم

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Quran 68:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 564 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:7
إِنَّرَبَّكَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِمَنضَلَّعَنسَبِيلِهِۦوَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ٧
inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.(7)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  3. هُوَhuwaHe
  4. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
  5. بِمَنbimanof (he) who
  6. ضَلَّḍallahas strayed
  7. عَنʿanfrom
  8. سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
  9. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  10. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
  11. بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones

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