القَلَمِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – القَلَمِ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
القَلَمُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it changes to القَلَمِ due to: 1) a preposition that precedes it or 2) a possessed noun that precedes it or 3) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
Pen, Headless arrow used in casting lots
To cut, pierce
Grammatical analysis of القَلَمِ
اِسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالْكَسْرَةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ق ل م | بَاب ضَرَبَ | فَعَلٌ | قَلَمَ يَقْلِمُ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | Pen | Pattern | ض | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below are the 2 verses in the holy Quran containing the possessive noun | القَلَمِ |
| Verse | ||
| Nun | ن | |
| 68-1 | by the pen and what they write | وَالقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُوْنَ |
| 96-4 | Who has taught by the pen | الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ |