قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
— Al-Qalam (ٱلْقَلَم), 68:28

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قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
— Al-Qalam (ٱلْقَلَم), 68:28
قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَTransliteration: Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
Translation (Yusuf Ali): Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
This is verse 28 of Surah Al-Qalam (ٱلْقَلَم, meaning "The Pen"), the 68th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 52 total verses.