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(ن) قَلَمَ يَقْلُمُ قَلْمًاqalama yaqlumu qalman: to trim, to cut (nails or the nib of a pen).
قَلَمqalam pl. أَقْلَامaqlām: a pen — so named because it is made by trimming. Four times in the Quran, and a surah is named after it: ﴿ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Qalam 68:1), ﴿الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ﴾ (Al-ʿAlaq 96:4), ﴿وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ﴾ (Luqmān 31:27).