The Pen
68. Al-Qalam
القلم
al-Qalam (The Pen)
ٱلْقَلَم
68:49
لَّوْلَا
أَن
تَدَارَكَهُ
نِعْمَةٌ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِ
لَنُبِذَ
بِالْعَرَاءِ
وَهُوَ
مَذْمُومٌ
law-lā ʾan tadārakahū niʿmatun min rabbihī la-nubidha bi-l-ʿarāʾi wa-huwa madhmūmun
and who cried (for help) to his Lord, while imprisoned and helpless inside the fish. Had it not been for a favor from his Lord, he would have been left out in the open, deserving blame for his shortcomings.
