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Since this Quranic sura involves the word, "al-Qalam" (pen) in its first verse where God has sworn to the pen and what is written by it, it came to be known as "Sura al-Qalam". And since it begins with the disjoined letter, "n" (nūn), it also came to be called "Sura al-Nun" ({{ia|سورة النون}}) or "Sura Nun wa l-Qalam" ({{ia|سورة نون و القَلَم}}).<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1257.</ref> | Since this Quranic sura involves the word, "al-Qalam" (pen) in its first verse where God has sworn to the pen and what is written by it, it came to be known as "Sura al-Qalam". And since it begins with the disjoined letter, "n" (nūn), it also came to be called "Sura al-Nun" ({{ia|سورة النون}}) or "Sura Nun wa l-Qalam" ({{ia|سورة نون و القَلَم}}).<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1257.</ref> | ||