{
 "id": "concept/al-qalam",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "al-qalam",
 "label": {
  "ar": "القلم",
  "en": "The Pen",
  "ur": "قلم"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أول ما خلق الله القلم؛ قال له اكتب فجرى بما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة؛ وبه أقسم الله في قوله ن والقلم وما يسطرون {cite:sunan-abi-dawud} {cite:jami-al-tirmidhi}.",
  "en": "The first thing God created was the Pen; He said to it 'Write', and it flowed with all that will be until the Day of Resurrection — and by it God swore: Nun, and by the Pen and what they inscribe {cite:sunan-abi-dawud} {cite:jami-al-tirmidhi}.",
  "ur": "اللہ نے سب سے پہلے قلم کو پیدا کیا؛ فرمایا لکھ، تو وہ قیامت تک ہونے والے ہر واقعہ لکھتا گیا؛ اور اللہ نے اس کی قسم کھائی: ن والقلم وما یسطرون {cite:sunan-abi-dawud} {cite:jami-al-tirmidhi}۔"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [
  "ghayb-browser",
  "ghayb-creations"
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "creed"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "belief",
  "sources": [
   "source/sunan-abi-dawud",
   "source/jami-al-tirmidhi"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Ghayb Browser seed record (docs/plan/33-ghayb-browser.md); worded from the record's cited collections",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
   "run": "ghayb-browser-1"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أول ما خلق الله القلم فقال له اكتب فجرى بما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة؛ وبه أقسم الله."
    },
    {
     "heading": "في النصوص",
     "markdown": "[[passage/quran-68-1|ن والقلم وما يسطرون]]"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ملاحظة",
     "markdown": "وفوق سدرة المنتهى سمع النبي صريف الأقلام — صوت كتابة المقادير."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/al-qalam",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-09"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "The first thing God created was the Pen; told to write, it flowed with all that will be until Resurrection — and God swore by it."
    },
    {
     "heading": "In the texts",
     "markdown": "[[passage/quran-68-1|Nun, and the Pen]]"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Note",
     "markdown": "Above the Lote Tree the Prophet heard the pens' scratching — decrees being written."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/al-qalam",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-09"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "اللہ نے سب سے پہلے قلم بنایا، فرمایا لکھ تو قیامت تک کا ہر واقعہ لکھتا گیا؛ اللہ نے اس کی قسم کھائی۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نصوص میں",
     "markdown": "[[passage/quran-68-1|ن اور قلم]]"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نوٹ",
     "markdown": "سدرۃ المنتہیٰ کے اوپر نبی نے قلموں کی سرسراہٹ سنی۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/al-qalam",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-09"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-11-09",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/aad-al-rih",
  "concept/adhab-al-qabr",
  "concept/ahlam",
  "concept/ahlam-al-anbiya",
  "concept/akhira",
  "concept/al-barzakh",
  "concept/al-ghayb-al-mutlaq",
  "concept/al-hawd"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}