Regarding His saying: "Nun, and the Pen," al-Hasan's interpretation is: He means the inkwell and the pen, this being the pen with which writing is done. Others say: It is the whale upon which the stability of the earth rests. "And what they inscribe," means: they write; referring to the angels.
قَوْله: ﴿ن والقلم﴾ تَفْسِيرُ الْحَسَنِ: يَعْنِي: الدَّوَاةَ وَالْقَلَمَ هَذَا الْقَلَمُ الَّذِي يُكْتَبُ بِهِ , وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ: هُوَ الْحُوتُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ قَرَارُ الْأَرْضِ (١). ﴿وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ﴾ يَكْتُبُونَ؛ يَعْنِي: الْمَلَائِكَة
