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قَلَم

aqlāmun

(were) pens

কলমসমূহ

Root letters: ق ل مAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,610 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 161

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ق ل م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)وَٱلْقَلَمِ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَقْلَـٰمٌۭ2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَقْلَـٰمَهُمْtheir pensaqlāmahum · 1 times
  • أَقْلَـٰمٌۭ(were) pensaqlāmun · 1 times
  • وَٱلْقَلَمِBy the penwal-qalami · 1 times
  • بِٱلْقَلَمِby the penbil-qalami · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

Who taught by the pen

Surah 96:4 — Read full ayah

Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,

Surah 68:1 — Read full ayah

That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.

Surah 3:44 — Read full ayah