Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 68th sura of the qur'an with 52 ayat”. Today it says “sixty-eighth chapter”.
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68th chapter of the Qur'an Jonah and the giant fish in the Jami' al-tawarikh (c. 1400), Metropolitan Museum of Art The Pen ( , al-qalam ) is the sixty-eighth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 52 verses ( āyāt ).1 Quran 68 describes God 's justice and the judgment day . Three notable themes of this Surah are its response to the opponents' objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Chronologically, this was the first appearance of any of the "disjointed" [i.e., single] letters ( muqattaat ) which precede a number of the surahs of the Qur'an, while in Quranic order this is the last surah to have the appearance of muqattaat.
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Surat Al-Qalam (The Pen) is the 68th sura of the Qur'an with 52 ayat. v t e
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Surat Al-Qalam ( ) (The Pen) is the 68th sura of the Qur'an with 52 ayat .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Sūrat al-Qalam ( , "The Pen") is the 68th sura of the Qur'an with 52 ayat . The Surat describes Allah 's justice and the judgment day .Three important themes of this Surah are response to the opponents objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
68th chapter of the Qur'an al-Qalam ( , "The Pen") is the sixty-eighth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 52 verses ( āyāt ). The Surat describes Allah 's justice and the judgment day . Three notable themes of this Surah are response to the opponents objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
68th chapter of the Qur'an The Pen ( Arabic : القلم , al-qalam ), or Nūn (Arabic: نٓ) is the sixty-eighth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 52 verses ( āyāt ). Quran 68 describes God 's justice and the judgment day . Three notable themes of this Surah are its response to the opponents' objections, warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and exhortation of patience to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Chronologically, this was the first appearance of any of the "disjointed" [i.e., single] letters ( muqattaat ) which precede a number of the surahs of the Qur'an, while in Quranic order this is the last surah to have the appearance of muqattaat.
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the 68th sura of the qur'an with 52 ayat
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sixty-eighth chapter
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