ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
قلم
pen
A shaped implement used to inscribe marks.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4
Roots: قلم
Lemmas: قلم
Forms: قَلَمِ · أَقْلَٰمَ · أَقْلَٰمٌ
Occurrence examples (4 of 4)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَٰمٌ وَٱلْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Why this meaning was chosen
All four noun occurrences denote the same implement. It is cast in the custodianship dispute, multiplied hypothetically from every tree, sworn by alongside what is written, and named as a means of teaching. Number and case remain compositional.