سورة لقمَان
Surah Luqmân 31:27
Luqman · Verse 27 of 34
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And if all the trees on the earth were to be pens and the vast ocean (be full of ink) and besides that many (more) such oceans to replenish it (and were to supply ink to write the words of God) even then the words of Allâh would not be finished. Verily, Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
Ahmed Ali
If all the trees of the earth were pens and the oceans ink, with many more oceans for replenishing them, the colloquy of God would never come to end. He is indeed all-mighty and all-wise.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
If all the trees on the earth were pens, and all the sea (were ink), with seven more seas added thereto, the words of God (Hic decrees, the acts of all His Names and Attributes manifested as His commandments, and the events and creatures He creates) would not be exhausted in the writing. Surely God is the All-Glorious with irresistible might (Whom none can frustrate and Whom nothing can tire), the All-Wise.
Daryabadi
And if whatever trees there are on the earth were pens, and the sea were ink with seven more seas to help it, the words of Allah could not be exhausted; verily Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Faridul Haque
And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the seas were its ink, with seven more seas to back it up - the Words of Allah will not finish; indeed Allah is Almighty, Wise.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea with seven more seas added to it (were ink), the worlds of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean - seven more oceans to replenish it - were ink, the words of ALLAH would not be exhausted. Surely, ALLAH is Mighty, Wise.
Muhammad Asad
And if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea [were] ink, with seven [more] seas yet added to it, the words of God would not be exhausted: for, verily, God is almighty, wise.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea (were ink wherewith to write), with seven seas behind it to add to its (supply), yet the Words of Allah would not be exhausted. Verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
Muhammad Pickthall
And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be exhausted. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Muhammad Sarwar
If all the trees in the earth were pens and the ocean, with seven more oceans, were ink still these could not suffice to record all the Words of God. God is Majestic and All-wise.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
Rashad Khalifa
If all the trees on earth were made into pens, and the ocean supplied the ink, augmented by seven more oceans, the words of GOD would not run out. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.
Shabbir Ahmed
And if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea were ink, with seven more seas yet added, the attributes and laws of God would not be exhausted. God is Almighty, Wise.
Commentary 31:27 The number seven is used in Arabic sometimes to denote a large number instead of its usual meaning as an ordinary numeral. Jesus Christ was just one…
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ
31:27 The number seven is used in Arabic sometimes to denote a large number instead of its usual meaning as an ordinary numeral. Jesus Christ was just one “word of God” كَلِمَتُهُ (4:171), but the verse indicates that the number of His words (كَلِمَاتُ) is innumerable and inexhaustible. Everything created is a word of Allâh as it is created by His command “Be!” In a Hadîth Qudsî transmitted by Abû Dharr, Allâh says, “O My Servants! Even if the all of the intelligent beings, from the very first to the last of you, possessed the heart of the most righteous among you, this would add nothing to my kingdom. O servants, even if all of the intelligent beings, from first to last, possessed the heart of the most rebellious one among you, this would not take away anything from my Kingdom.”