68. Al-Qalam Verse 6 - Al-Quran: English Word by Word

بِاَيِّىكُمُ الْمَفْتُوْنُ ( القلم: ٦ )

bi-ayyikumu

بِأَييِّكُمُ

Which of you

l-maftūnu

ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

(is) the afflicted one

Bi ayyikumul maftoon (al-Q̈alam 68:6)

Sahih International:

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Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]. (Al-Qalam [68] : 6)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

which of you is demented.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

You will see, and they will see, which of you is afflicted with madness.

then it means, `you will know, O Muhammad -- and those who oppose you and reject you, will know -- who is insane and misguided among you.'

This is like Allah's statement,

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ

Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one! (54;26)

Allah also says,

وَإِنَّأ أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلَى هُدًى أَوْ فِى ضَلَـلٍ مُّبِينٍ

And verily (either) we or you are rightly guided or in plain error. (34;24)

Ibn Jurayj reported from Ibn Abbas, it means

"You will know and they will know on the Day of Judgement."

Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas;

بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
Which of you is Maftun (afflicted with madness) means which of you is crazy.

This was also said by Mujahid and others as well.

The literal meaning of Maftun is one who has been charmed or lured away from the truth and has strayed from it. Thus, the entire statement means,

`so you will know and they will know,'

or `you will be informed and they will be informed, as to which of you is afflicted with madness.'

And Allah knows best.

Then Allah says,

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ

Al-Qalam Verse 6